Future Accountant : News

A Dundee shoe chain puts its Scottish branches up for sale after falling victim to the economic hardships of the high street.

Department store group John Lewis has unveiled a 17% bonus for staff after reporting a rise in profits.

Standard Life is to pay out more than £300m to shareholders after posting a larger-than-expected annual profit.

Lady Gaga's production company and two concert promoters file a lawsuit against three Lloyd's of London insurance syndicates.

Adidas, the world's second largest sportswear maker, has reported a loss for the last three months of 2012, mainly owing to impairment charges relating to its Reebok brand.

Putting an Android phone in a freezer for an hour can help get at its confidential contents, find German security researchers.

The government may need to borrow more to fund capital spending if the UK's economy is to recover, Business Secretary Vince Cable suggests.

NatWest customer Mark Hillman says he is leaving the bank, following disruption to banking services on Wednesday night.

Carrefour, Europe's biggest supermarket chain, says the year ahead will be tricky as recessions in Italy and Spain have hit demand.

Department store group John Lewis announces a 17% bonus for staff after reporting a rise in annual profits.

A Conservative MP is calling on the coalition to bring back the 10p tax band which was first introduced - and then scrapped - by the last Labour government.

The communications director of the world's oldest bank, Italy's Monte dei Paschi di Siena, is found dead in an apparent suicide.

Sausages, ham, bacon and other processed meats appear to increase the risk of dying young, a study of half a million people across Europe suggests.

Shares in insurance firm Aviva sink 15% after it cuts its dividend by more than a quarter in order to finance a turnaround strategy.

Up to 650 jobs could go at a Warwickshire coal mine hit by a underground fire last month.

Scientists say around 750,000 of the UK's deer should be shot each year to keep their numbers under control.

Adidas, the world's second-largest sportswear firm, reports a loss for the final quarter of 2012 after writing down the value of its Reebok brand.

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group has apologised for a technical failure that left its customers unable to withdraw cash.

Microsoft is fined 561m euros ($731m; £484m) for failing to promote a selection of web browsers alongside its own.

The UK faces a Supreme Court case over failure to clean up city air in line with EU laws

The tadpoles of Australia's native frogs can outcompete invasive toads, scientists say.

Scientists describe some services provided by companies tracing ancestry using DNA as akin to astrology.

A bid by Asia's largest low-cost carrier, AirAsia, to set up an airline in India wins approval from the Indian government.

The amount of salt in our diet could be driving our own immune systems to rebel against us leading to diseases such as multiple sclerosis, very early research suggests.

More than two million people in the UK have left jobs to care for disabled, sick or elderly loved ones, a survey by Carers UK suggests.