The UK economy will grow by a mere 1% in 2010, expanding to 2.5% by 2011, according to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).

The FTSE opened at 5,674.63, up 32.01 points (0.57%), on the back of positive employment figures from both the UK and US yesterday.

Aegon has launched an online support centre to help advisers make their business RDR compliant.

Law firm DLA Piper and LGT, Liechtenstein's largest investment bank, have teamed up to deliver a series of seminars on making voluntary disclosure of assets held in offshore tax havens under the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility (LDF).

The European Union has criticized the UK and other European nations for overly optimistic growth assumptions and heavily bloated deficits.

Ahead of next week's much-anticipated Budget, KPMG reveals what it expects to emerge from Alistair Darling's old red briefcase.

The rate of unemployment has fallen again and now stands at 7.8%, according to the ONS.

Higher taxes aimed at raising millions in tax revenue from non-domiciled residents have slowed down the number of wealthy business people moving to the UK, a study has shown.

Jersey is the only offshore jurisdiction in the top twenty most competitive global finanical centres.

Over half of advisers polled at the Axa Wealth roadshow believe emerging market equities will be the best performing market over the next five years.