Tesco growth slows to levels not seen since days of last recession in 1993

Tesco has slipped to its worst growth performance since the last recession as shoppers spurn its premium lines, the supermarket said yesterday.

Woolies on brink

SHARES in Woolworths tumbled 40 per cent to 1p on fears the High Street retailer could fall into administration on Monday – just hours before the pre-Budget report.

Bankruptcies soar as 150 people a day are going broke

Almost 150 people a day are going bust as alarming figures reveal the human tragedy behind the credit crunch.

Gordon Brown hints at tax cuts for poor and support for green technology

In a speech in New York, the prime minister also suggested UK interest rates would be cut again soon

Eurozone ‘Slumps Into Recession’

The 15 countries using the euro have slumped into a shallow recession in the face of the worst financial crisis in generations, the European Commission estimates.

Largest Euro Economy In Recession

New figures show that Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, has fallen into recession.

UK in for ‘prolonged recession’

A severe downturn is unavoidable and the recession in the UK will be “painful and prolonged”, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has said.

Borrowing soars to 60-year high

Borrowing soared to a record high in September as the nation’s finances came under more pressure, official figures showed.