03-Jan-2014 14:55

Thatcher Told Treasury, BOE Tried to Hamper Pound Float - Bloomberg :: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-03/thatcher-told-treasury-boe-tried-to-hamper-pound-float.html

Business lending slump deepens, as mortgage approvals hit fresh high - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/borrowing/mortgages/10548681/Business-lending-slump-deepens-as-mortgage-approvals-hit-fresh-high.html

Pickles reveals Right to Buy shake up - LocalGov :: http://www.localgov.co.uk/Pickles-reveals-Right-to-Buy-shake-up/35292

48% of Scots 'struggling with rent or mortgage' - Scotsman :: http://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland/top-stories/48-of-scots-struggling-with-rent-or-mortgage-1-3254588

Sixty jobs lost after Aldridge brass firm collapses as saddle company axes seven - expressandstar.com :: http://www.expressandstar.com/business/2014/01/03/sixty-jobs-lost-after-aldridge-brass-firm-collapses-as-saddle-company-axes-seven/

Is Ryanair reaping rewards for being nice? Airline reports rise in passenger figures - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2533174/Is-Ryanair-reaping-rewards-nice-Airline-reports-rise-passenger-figures.html

Bubble fears as house prices jump - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/10548381/Bubble-fears-as-house-prices-jump-most-in-four-years.html

London stocks edge up with retailers in the lead - MarketWatch :: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/london-stocks-edge-up-with-retailers-in-the-lead-2014-01-03

Next profits to overtake Marks & Spencer after Christmas sales surge - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/10548020/Next-profits-to-overtake-Marks-and-Spencer-after-Christmas-sales-surge.html

Richard Desmond plots Channel 5 sale - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/10546638/Richard-Desmond-plots-Channel-5-sale.html