01-Aug-2014 12:57

William Hill CEO and FD Interviewed on Half Year 2014 Results - Wall Street Journal :: http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20140801-905857.html

Lloyds is ready to restart dividend payments as half-year profits jump - This is Money :: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-2712492/Lloyds-ready-restart-dividend-payments-half-year-profits-jump.html

Waitrose profits hit as supermarket invests in business to beat discounters - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/aug/01/waitrose-investment-beat-discounters-hit-profit

UPDATE 1-Insurer Direct Line's cost control boosts profit; shares up - Reuters :: http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/08/01/direct-line-ins-results-idINL4N0Q72F320140801

RBS in Scottish independence vote alert as Russia lending dips - Evening Standard :: http://www.standard.co.uk/business/business-news/rbs-in-scottish-independence-vote-alert-as-russia-lending-dips-9641794.html

George Osborne urged to share £1.6 billion property tax windfall - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11005469/George-Osborne-urged-to-share-1.6-billion-property-tax-windfall.html

Willie Walsh apologises for Gatwick bag chaos - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/aviation/11005370/Gatwick-chaos-IAG-boss-apologises.html

British manufacturing growth in July slowest in a year -PMI - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/08/01/uk-pmi-manufacturing-britain-idUKKBN0G13ID20140801

FTSE hits 3-week low, caution ahead of US jobs data - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/08/01/uk-markets-britain-stocks-idUKKBN0G13J120140801