http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/yr2y8439/ en-GB © 2010 GMG Radio All the latest business stories Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:10:48 +0100 http://assets.gmgradio.com/photo/page/2008/06/bjgaj4lnm4.jpg http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/yr2y8439/ US economic growth slowed in the second quarter as a capital investment drive by businesses saw imports increasing at their fastest pace since 1984. http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/us-recovery-continues-but-slowed-by-imports-/sbrvmwmp/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:28:55 +0100 http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/us-recovery-continues-but-slowed-by-imports-/sbrvmwmp/ Tony Hayward has defended his actions as head of BP and says he was treated as "a villain for doing the right thing". http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/bp-boss-hayward-treated-as-spill-villain-/kd68wjpd/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:21:09 +0100 http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/bp-boss-hayward-treated-as-spill-villain-/kd68wjpd/ A consortium of companies led by Asia's richest businessman has won a bid to buy the UK distribution networks of the French electricity provider EDF for £5.8bn. http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/hong-kong-tycoon-buys-edfs-uk-networks/g6axmlzr/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:53:50 +0100 http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/hong-kong-tycoon-buys-edfs-uk-networks/g6axmlzr/ Two of Britain's biggest airlines, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic, have announced big operating losses. http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/big-losses-for-british-airways-and-virgin/rplujvdw/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:23:29 +0100 http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/big-losses-for-british-airways-and-virgin/rplujvdw/ A symbol of the great British seaside hotel is up for sale at a time more and more of us are spending our holidays in this country. http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/sun-shining-on-the-british-seaside-again/ywxnhr7u/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:33:18 +0100 http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/sun-shining-on-the-british-seaside-again/ywxnhr7u/ Nintendo's profits have suffered as players tightened their belts to make do with older hardware and software. http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/cashstrapped-gamers-hit-nintendo-profits/d4vqawul/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:15:55 +0100 http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/cashstrapped-gamers-hit-nintendo-profits/d4vqawul/ The first high street bank to launch in the UK for more than 100 years has opened its doors to customers - to a lukewarm response from industry commentators. http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/metro-bank-faces-slow-burn-to-get-moving/klpk263f/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:24:35 +0100 http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/metro-bank-faces-slow-burn-to-get-moving/klpk263f/ Economists have issued a fresh warning over the fragile state of the housing market as Bank of England figures showed falling mortgage approvals in June. http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/house-prices-and-mortgage-approvals-drop/syk2yn39/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:38:47 +0100 http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/house-prices-and-mortgage-approvals-drop/syk2yn39/ Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell has revealed profits jumped to £2.9bn in the past three months. http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/energy-giant-shells-profits-jump-to-29bn-/lpm4vnyr/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:23:55 +0100 http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/energy-giant-shells-profits-jump-to-29bn-/lpm4vnyr/ Sky News will not become a clone of its American sister channel Fox News, the BSkyB boss has said. http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/sky-boss-i-guarantee-we-wont-become-fox/y7szwtt6/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:27:51 +0100 http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/sky-boss-i-guarantee-we-wont-become-fox/y7szwtt6/ Zara Phillips has teamed up with outdoor clothing specialists Musto to launch her own line of equestrian clothing. http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/zara-phillips-designs-clothing-line/jjcmadtn/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:39:38 +0100 http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/zara-phillips-designs-clothing-line/jjcmadtn/ Bank Of England governor Mervyn King has warned that the interest rate will not be going up any time soon despite a 1.1% growth in GDP. http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/bank-warns-interest-rate-will-stay-low/bvq9kgkv/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:28:34 +0100 http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/bank-warns-interest-rate-will-stay-low/bvq9kgkv/ The UK's leading canned fish brand, John West, is set to fall into Thai hands in a £568m deal. http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/thailand-firm-nets-john-west-in-568m-deal/v6vchs57/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:28:40 +0100 http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/thailand-firm-nets-john-west-in-568m-deal/v6vchs57/ The Icelandic volcanic ash cloud crisis failed to ground budget airline easyJet as it announced it expected to post an annual profit of at least £100m. http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/volcanic-ash-cloud-crisis-cost-easyjet-65m/sn92fkun/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:03:01 +0100 http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/volcanic-ash-cloud-crisis-cost-easyjet-65m/sn92fkun/ BP's chairman has appeared on Sky News in an attempt to draw a line under the Gulf of Mexico crisis. http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/bp-chairman-attempts-to-close-gulf-crisis/tfsgmh5f/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:58:49 +0100 http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/bp-chairman-attempts-to-close-gulf-crisis/tfsgmh5f/ New figures have revealed there are more than 40 million fake £1 coins in Britain - but the Royal Mint has told Sky News it is "very unlikely" to reissue the denomination. http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/making-millions-fakes-shake-faith-in-1-coin/dzw3m7n8/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:49:17 +0100 http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/making-millions-fakes-shake-faith-in-1-coin/dzw3m7n8/ A few years ago, my business partner Omari Bowers and I were working in the property industry. http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/property-pair-beguiled-by-brazil-timber-trade/qg2kpvrb/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:59:37 +0100 http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/property-pair-beguiled-by-brazil-timber-trade/qg2kpvrb/ Broadband customers will be able to cancel their contracts without paying a penalty if they are not getting the speeds advertised, under a new code of practice. http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/ofcom-broadband-ads-pulling-a-fast-one/w3bvjwts/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:09:09 +0100 http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/ofcom-broadband-ads-pulling-a-fast-one/w3bvjwts/ More than 300 civil lawsuits have been launched against BP as a result of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/more-than-300-civil-lawsuits-filed-against-bp/un3zxaac/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:09:45 +0100 http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/more-than-300-civil-lawsuits-filed-against-bp/un3zxaac/ Greenpeace activists say they have shut down every BP petrol station in London, putting up signs saying: "Closed. Moving beyond petroleum". http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/greenpeace-close-bp-petrol-stations-in-london/rcxxfts5/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:22:53 +0100 http://www.smoothradionortheast.co.uk/news-sport/business/greenpeace-close-bp-petrol-stations-in-london/rcxxfts5/