03-Feb-2016 23:10

Lloyds Banking Group to cut 1755 jobs and close 29 branches - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/feb/03/lloyds-announces-job-cuts-branch-closures

Water bills set to increase despite damning report over pricing - This is The West Country :: http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/national/14249894.Water_bills_set_to_increase_despite_damning_report_over_pricing/

Banks fall to 2011 low to put FTSE 100 under pressure - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-stocks-idUKKCN0VC10U

Sterling surges to 3-week high on US, UK data signs - Yahoo Finance UK :: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/sterling-surges-3-week-high-164422725.html

HSBC to honour 2016 pay rises for 28000 UK workers-union - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/hsbc-pay-britain-idUSL8N15I4LV

Energy prices continue to fall, but not by nearly enough - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/money/energy-prices-continue-to-fall-but-not-by-enough-a6851431.html

Financial regulators call for more detail on EU referendum deal - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c47a078c-ca94-11e5-be0b-b7ece4e953a0.html

25p easyFoodstore forced to close after it runs out of stock - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/feb/03/25p-easyfoodstore-forced-to-close-after-it-runs-out-of-stock

UK energy crisis deepens as SSE plans early plant closure - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/12139151/UK-energy-crisis-deepens-as-SSE-plans-early-plant-closure.html

GSK's turnaround will hinge on whether the drugs really do work - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/2016/feb/03/glaxosmithkline-sales-2015-sir-andrew-witty-resist-calls-breakup-company