Piers Wehner

The head of pension provider Partnership, has accused the Treasury of confusing customers, advisers and investors with its pension reforms.

Ukip’s only MP, Mark Reckless, has been accused of ‘flip-flopping’ on a controversial housing development in his Rochester constituency.

Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre has won the coveted RIBA Stirling Prize, Britain’s most prestigious architecture award.

The family home of John Prufumo, the minister for war caught up in the infamous 1963 sex-and-spies scandal, is being sold for £750,000.

Shares in WH Smith rose 5% yesterday after the retailer posted a 9% rise in profits to £112m as revenues continued to decline.

At long last Lady Luck has smiled on the Rank Group as the Grosvenor Casino and Mecca Bingo operator posted a 3% increase in sales.

Billionaire Warren Buffett has sold more of his Tesco holdings, cutting his stake down to below 3%, weeks after calling his decision to invest in the retailer a ‘huge mistake’.

Despite poor economic news from the region, South American sales for French supermarket chain Carrefour grew by 18% in Q3.

Ikea, the world’s biggest furniture seller, has opened its first store in Indonesia, tapping into a market the same size as its native Sweden.

Metail, the virtual fitting room company, has closed a £7.5m round of investment to help develop its online shopping platform.

Singapore is rapidly growing as a financial and trading hub, and now has its sights set on replacing Hong Kong as the region’s number one.