London Press

ABU Dhabi, the oil-rich capital of the United Arab Emirates, is preparing a partial bailout of its crisis-hit neighbour Dubai, rather than providing blanket assistance.

Liverpool Football Club’s cash woes look set to deepen as its main sponsor, Standard Chartered, can cut the Reds’ funding if they fail to finish in the Premier League’s top four.

SCOTLAND will continue to underperform the rest of the UK for the next year as a result of “disturbing weaknesses” in its service-sector economy, according to research released today by the influential Ernst & Young Scottish ITEM Club.

THE Borders name is set to disappear from the British high street as administrators all but ruled out selling the failed book-store brand.

SENIOR dealmakers at exponent Private equity, which owns bed retailer Dreams and handbag brand Radley, saw their pay increase by 50 per cent last year.

NURSERY retailer Mamas and Papas has signed a deal with shop Direct to sell its maternity wear through its websites including very.co.uk.

THE battle between retailer Sports Direct and accountancy firm Ernst and Young over ownership of shareholdings in JD Sports and Blacks Leisure kicks off in court on Friday.

SIMON Cowell has urged his fellow X Factor judges to help Joe McElderry win final

LLOYD Daniels was kicked out of X Factor after receiving the lowest number of votes

COULD Jedward twins be sending X Factor’s Simon Cowell a jokey Xmas message here?