Finance

Government puts 240m skills funding up for grabs

Applications for round two of the government's vocational training-focused Employment Ownership Pilot (EOP) have opened for bidding.

<i>Sun on Sunday</i> offsets <i>News of The World</i> legal bill

Investigations into the phone hacking scandals at <i>News of The World</i> continue to impose significant costs for parent company News Corporation, according to its second quarter results.

Print Yorkshire to hold second Media Marketplace exhibition

The BPIF regional arm is to hold a one-day event in Leeds to promote digital and creative industries across Yorkshire.

FSA finds 90% of interest rate swaps were mis-sold

More than 90% of the 40,000 SMEs caught up in the interest rate swap scandal were likely mis-sold the complex hedging products, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has found.

QE may have hampered companies' investment

Quantitative Easing (QE) has had the unwanted side-effect of hampering companies' investment plans, according to the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).

Directors of collapsed print group disqualified for 16 years

Two former print bosses have been disqualified for a total of 16 years for offences including false invoicing.

FSA to publish interest rate swap redress scheme details

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) will publish the results of a pilot scheme to provide redress to small business owners who were mis-sold interest rate swaps on Thursday (31 January).

Unite and CPI agree basic wage increase

Paper sector workers will benefit from a 2.6% increase in their basic hourly wage following a review of Unite and the Confederation of Paper Industries' (CPI) national agreement.

FT to prioritise digital

The <i>Financial Times</i> is to shift resources from print to digital as it looks to reduce newspaper production costs.

Fallon wants greater transparency on FLS loans

Banks drawing money under the Funding for Lending scheme (FLS) could be forced to publish lending figures by region and business size amid growing concerns that the flagship scheme isn't working.