27-Aug-2013 11:46

Former RSA Boss Fronts Bid For Co-Op Arm - Sky News :: http://news.sky.com/story/1133437/former-rsa-boss-fronts-bid-for-co-op-arm

Gilts Advance Before Carney's BOE Policy Speech; Pound Weakens - Bloomberg :: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-27/pound-little-changed-versus-dollar-before-carney-policy-speech.html

British fraud investigator in China TV confession - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5bf8c860-0ecb-11e3-81ab-00144feabdc0.html

HS2 is a 'giant folly' and should be scrapped, warns influential Institute of Directors - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/hs2-is-a-giant-folly-and-should-be-scrapped-warns-influential-institute-of-directors-8785139.html

UPDATE 2-British estate agent Foxtons plans September market debut - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/27/foxtons-ipo-idUSL6N0GS0IE20130827

Badger cull begins in Somerset in attempt to tackle TB - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23845851

Plan for viewing platform at top of Forth Rail Bridge - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-23840609

UTV Media profits fall 63% amid advertising slump - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/aug/27/utv-media-profits-advertising-slump

Business news and markets: live - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/business-news-markets-live/10267333/Business-news-and-markets-live.html

UK services firms strongest since boom days of 2007 - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/10266692/UK-services-firms-strongest-since-boom-days-of-2007.html