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How much pain can the Guardian take?

28.10.09

Media analysis: An air of trepidation is hanging over The Guardian�s new offices in Kings Place... more

City Spy: Shining some light on Defence bids

07.09.09

The Gray report on defence procurement talks of �2.5 billion annual cost overruns on various MoD projects. One solution is to democratise the whole government procurement process... more

Boutique in Observer bid

14.08.09

An investment boutique is offering to buy the Observer newspaper in a move which would cause major job losses at the Sunday title ... more

Observer employees plan supplement-free version to save their newspaper from Guardian branding

06.08.09

Observer journalists plan for radically slimmed-down version of Sunday paper in bid to stop parent company from closing it ... more

Baroness Scotland changes her tune...

05.08.09

Raised eyebrows in the Treasury at the interview with Baroness Scotland, the attorney-general, in the Financial Times. She is keen to get across just how determined she is to crack down on financial crime ... ... more

Myners is wrong to kick the bankers

04.08.09

Lord Myners� proposal to force banks to reveal the pay of their executives outside the board is an interesting one. And deeply flawed. While we�re in �kick a banker� season at the moment we could just as easily move on to other industries ... more

New York Times plans to charge for online content

13.07.09

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Transport mess? Blame 11 ministers

02.07.09

Is it any wonder the railways are in a mess, given the turnover of Transport Secretaries? During the privatisation of the railways in the 1990s, the Tories managed to get through five Secretaries of State ... more

Rise of the capital's golden skirts

18.06.09

With so few women making it to the top in business, those who do have the pick of plum boardroom jobs � and can make a fortune juggling up to six at a time... more

Is Frankie really on a winner?

27.05.09

Just how well is the much-vaunted partnership of chef Marco Pierre White and jockey Frankie Dettori doing? ... more

Dance isn't dead says Ministry of Sound chief

22.05.09

Business is booming, the chief of the UK's best-known club tells Chris Blackhurst, as he gears up for the bank holiday blast... more

News is being strangled by the BBC�s web

12.05.09

When I first went into journalism it was a leisurely business steeped in tradition and alcohol... more

Media must face up to charging for content on the web

06.05.09

Giving away news for free used to be the mantra of the digital age. But that looks a lot less viable in recession... more

Stakes are so high for firms caught in a fix with interest rate hedge

03.04.09

Analysis: The sudden plunge in interest rates in the last six months has caught many borrowers out.... more

Myners goes for broker in clash with MP

19.03.09

Lord Myners' appearance before the Treasury Select Committee this week saw harsh words directed at the City minister by Tory MP Michael Fallon... more

Even trade magazines are feeling the squeeze in the recession

18.03.09

Media analysis: Business-to-business magazines - initially immune from the economic downturn - are now finding the going tough, says Roy Greenslade... more

Writing is on the wall for Myners in Goodwin row

02.03.09

The view from Lord Myners' corner office of the Treasury building is of St James's Park. The Foreign Office is visible, with Downing Street tucked in around the corner. It's an impressive sight. ... more

Treasury Select Committee MPs don't have a clue

12.02.09

The bankers have been given quite a kicking for their role in the financial crisis this week. But something else became all too clear in Westminster: almost no one on the Treasury Select Committee has a clue what they are doing. ... more

Don't leave an Egg sale off the Citi cuts menu

19.11.08

While the headlines about Citigroup's latest round of bloodletting say 52,000 jobs are being axed, the US bank won't make even half that number redundant... more

It�s a good time for Hester to quit property for RBS

14.10.08

The appointment of Stephen Hester as chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland marks a long-awaited return to banking for the former Credit Suisse First Boston and Abbey National man after four years as head of British Land... more

Guardian trust goes in shake-up

10.10.08

The Scott Trust, the non-charitable body that owns Guardian Media Group and its flagship daily newspaper, is being wound up in a corporate shake-up. ... more

New Media

08.10.08

London is one of the greatest digital hotspots outside California's Silicon Valley and these are the people leading the way... more

Mandelson is back to rescue Brown

03.10.08

Twice-resigned Peter Mandelson has staged an astonishing comeback to the Cabinet... more

Regional papers face bigger woes than just an economic downturn

03.09.08

There can be few more difficult and unpalatable jobs than managing decline in a mature market. Yet that�s what regional newspaper owners have been doing for at least a quarter of a century... more

Why is Foxtons zeroing in on Primrose Hill?

28.08.08

Estate agent Foxtons has not been enjoying much success since founder Jon Hunt sold out at the top of the market a year ago, so is this a cunning tactic or a sign of desperation?... more