Developer British Land is hoping to avoid an unexpected spanner in the works from English Heritage this week over its new £340 million headquarters for UBS at Broadgate... more
A dash for office space among some of the City's major players is expected as insurer Aon agrees to lease nearly a third of British Land's 47-storey Cheesegrater skyscraper... more
The 47-storey Cheesegrater tower will begin its ascent early next year after British Land seals its partnership with a Canadian pension fund to develop the £340 million scheme... more
France raises its official retirement age - and a top benefits consultancy reveals one in three Britons think they will have to work five more years... more
The noughties have been a "lost decade" for pension funds, with the average scheme growing by less than 2.25% per year since 2000, experts have admitted... more
This Friday sees publication of Against the Grain: Lessons in Entrepreneurship from the Founder of Cobra Beer. Yes, indeed, Karan Bilimoria (Lord Bilimoria to you) has decided to dispense tips for would-be business stars. ... more
The UK arm of insurance broker Aon will cut its contributions to staff pensions by up to half - paving the way for other large firms to do the same... more
Is it all over for Liechtenstein? Hit by the sale of stolen bank account details to foreign investigative authorities, the tiny tax haven has revealed the fall-put from this major breach in its traditional wall of secrecy... more
Scandal: Aon, the London offshoot of the world’s biggest insurance company, has been fined £5.2 million for failures in preventing bribery and corruption, after it was found to have made suspicious payments worth millions of pounds... more
Paul Nicholls's dissatisfaction with the new narrow track is set to see the Lancashire course miss out on the reappearance of Denman next year
... more
Pensions: Plunging stock markets have wiped an estimated £226 billion from final-salary pension schemes in the past 12 months, leaving hundreds of companies facing potentially ruinous deficits... more
The Prime Minister delivered his speech last night to the Scottish CBI in Glasgow against a continuing chorus from his left-wingers that he should impose a windfall tax on the currently high profits of the energy industry... more
Benfield, the London-based reinsurance group created by the late Matthew Harding, have agreed an £844million takeover from US giant Aon which will make multi-millionaires of its bosses... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
Morning:
8°c
