04-Feb-2016 00:11

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

Financial stocks drag FTSE 100 sharply lower - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/marketreport/12135499/stocks-ftse-100-china-oil-price-stock-market-dax-dow-jones-bear-market-Fed-bank-of-japan.html

Water companies must do more to help struggling consumers - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/money/water-companies-must-do-more-to-help-struggling-consumers-a6851296.html

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

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

Oil Price Collapse Takes Its Toll On Iraq - Sky News :: http://news.sky.com/story/1635469/oil-price-collapse-takes-its-toll-on-iraq

Power crunch looms as SSE plans plant closure - The Times (subscription) :: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/utilities/article4682099.ece?CMP%3DOTH-gnws-standard-2016_02_03