04-Jan-2014 17:21

£75 for blackout Christmas - The Times (subscription) :: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/money/consumeraffairs/article3965648.ece?CMP%3DOTH-gnws-standard-2014_01_03

Now follow that, M&S... Next reveals a Christmas sales boom - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/now-follow-that-ms-next-reveals-a-christmas-sales-boom-9037023.html

FTSE rises as retailers rouse the market - Business Recorder :: http://www.brecorder.com/market-data/stocks-a-bonds/0/1140292/

Next says profits will be better than expected - Herald Scotland :: http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/company-news/next-says-profits-will-be-better-than-expected.23086961

Construction sector maintains strong growth in December - MyFinances.co.uk :: http://www.myfinances.co.uk/mortgages/2014/01/04/manufacturing-and-construction-pmi-s-suggest-strong-gdp-grow

Housing spurs 2013 UK growth, investment doubts cloud 2014 - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/01/04/uk-britain-lending-idUKBREA0208A20140104

First time buyers emerge after recession - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25602893

Destruction of ancient woodland 'highly unlikely' - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25599249

Ofgem: Energy tariff reforms should 'simplify' market - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25568823

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