05-Aug-2013 15:10

Consumer confidence in economy leaps after growth improves - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/10222462/Consumer-confidence-in-economy-leaps-after-growth-improves.html

'One million' UK workers on zero hours contracts - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/33526d68-fd9f-11e2-8785-00144feabdc0.html

Cheap as chips? easyjet sets up budget supermarket chain - Channel 4 News :: http://www.channel4.com/news/easy-supermarket-stelios-haji-ioannou-budget-food

Market report: Lloyds soars on promise of a divi - Evening Standard :: http://www.standard.co.uk/business/business-news/market-report-lloyds-soars-on-promise-of-a-divi-8746615.html

Shedding excess baggage could lift Flybe - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7db6a214-fdba-11e2-8785-00144feabdc0.html

Treasury considering further cash injection for RBS - Business7 :: http://www.business7.co.uk/business-news/scottish-business-news/2013/08/05/no-headline-106408-23998027/

Surge in services fuels UK recovery hopes - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7944c724-fdab-11e2-a5b1-00144feabdc0.html

First Great Western six-hour delay train 'packed' - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23574472

70% of renters say they will never stop trying to get on the housing ladder - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/property/70-of-renters-say-they-will-never-stop-trying-to-get-on-the-housing-ladder-8746730.html

HSBC Falls After Earnings as Gulliver Says Markets Slow - Bloomberg :: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-05/hsbc-profit-rises-10-as-u-s-asset-sales-yield-fewer-sour-loans.html