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Shops braced for tough Christmas as cautious consumers turn to Net

27.10.09
High street is set for one of its toughest Christmases as consumers rein in spending and desert shops for online bargains, research for the Evening Standard reveals... more

Come on Irene, get your bid price for Cadbury up to 900p

22.10.09
The credibility of Kraft chief executive Irene Rosenfeld is at risk if the food giant doesn’t win Cadbury ... more

Home buyers must 'live on credit card' to get mortgage

26.08.09
First-time buyers are being told to 'live on a credit card' to secure a mortgage, the Standard has learned... more

Tight-fisted UK banks force Experian to look abroad

13.07.09
Britain's banks might have been refinanced to the tune of tens of billions of pounds, but they still aren't keen to lend, say credit check experts Experian... more

Water stirred by dividend jitters

26.05.09
There was no shortage of water in London’s streets today but that was not the reason Bank of America Merrill Lynch cut its rating on two of the four biggest suppliers of the wet stuff, Pennon and Northumbrian, from neutral to underperform before next month’s dividend reporting season... more

Experian says banking is stable but upturn far off

20.05.09
Consumer credit rating agency Experian said that, although the banking system on both sides of the Atlantic is now more stable than at any time in the last 12 months, it is not expecting any big upturn in demand for its services ... more

Experian says banking is stable but upturn far off

20.05.09
Consumer credit rating agency Experian today said that it is not expecting any big upturn in demand for its services ... more

‘Lords for hire’ face a year’s suspension

13.05.09
Two senior Labour peers face public censure over the “Lords for hire” scandal, the Evening Standard has learned... more

Banking industry has settled down, says Experian

16.04.09
Seven quarters into the credit crunch and Experian, the consumer credit-rating business that counts many of the world's major banks among its clients, sees signs that things are stabilising... more

Members rush to declare commercial interests

30.01.09
Members of the House of Lords have scrambled to declare paid and unpaid links to firms in the wake of the "peers for hire" affair... more

Credit firm weathers UK economic storm

15.01.09
Consumer: Credit-checking agency Experian proves it is weathering the economic storm with relative ease ... more

How the FSA gave us a false market in the banks

08.01.09
Yup, that ban on short-selling of the banks really worked... more

Shops face worst ever January

05.01.09
Retailers across London are bracing themselves for their worst ever start to the year as sales stagnate following bumper Christmas trading... more

Flagship stores upbeat after last-minute sales surge

05.01.09
Upbeat figures from leading London stores raised hopes that a last-minute surge in shopping helped the high street avoid disaster over Christmas and the New Year... more

Economists cast doubt on early recovery from slump

02.01.09
Senior economists warned that Alistair Darling's hopes of an early recovery may be optimistic... more

3200 at risk in Adams stores closure threat

02.01.09
Retail: Administrators for children's fashion chain Adams have warned that store closures are likely, putting up to 3200 UK jobs at risk... more

Small shops struggle as sales bring chain stores huge profits

29.12.08
Independent retailers told how they fear for the year ahead as they struggle to match the big discounts of major high street chains... more

Fears of deeper slump as thousands more jobs are cut across Britain

04.12.08
A dramatic day of job losses across all sectors of the economy has increased fears the recession could be one of the deepest in memory... more

Major shops hit by credit crunch

17.10.08
Major high street stores are feeling the impact of the credit crunch, figures show... more

Experian benefits from the turmoil

15.10.08
Finance: Consumer credit rating agency Experian showed that even a credit-crunch cloud has a silver lining.... more

Market report: Xstrata looking set to ditch its tilt at Lonmin

12.09.08
The odds on Anglo-Swiss mining giant Xstrata going ahead with its £5 billion bid for Lonmin appear to be lengthening by the day, warn traders... more

Building profits fall 96 per cent as crunch hits Londoners

27.08.08
Britain's biggest housebuilder, Taylor Wimpey, said profits have crashed by 96 per cent as the crisis in the housing market deepened... more

UK and US are in for a long haul, says Experian

10.07.08
Credit rating agency Experian is not planning to call the turn on either UK or US economy in the near future... more

The London street where your ID is most in danger

28.05.08
People living in affluent areas of London are five times more likely to become victims of identity fraud than those in the rest of the country, new figures reveal... more

Petrol stations are booming - not because of $135 oil, but shopping

22.05.08
The dramatic rate at which petrol stations in London were closing has been halted, new figures show... more

Experian warns of crisis for consumers

21.05.08
The crisis in the financial markets is turning into a crisis for consumers as mortgage lending and other loans dry up, credit checking giant Experian warns... more

'20,000 City jobs will go' in credit crunch fallout

09.05.08
Over the next three years, London is set to lose close to 20,000 jobs, with The City bearing the brunt of the fallout.... more

Experian steadies the ship thanks to growth in Brazil

16.04.08
Experian is starting to see signs of stability in some of its main markets hit by the credit crunch... more

The negative equity map

14.04.08
The London postcodes at greatest risk from the housing crisis can be revealed today... more

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