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Scottish agenda: What’s done is done as Goodwin looks towards F1

If I were feeling generous, I would describe RBS’s media strategy as "arm’s length" but in reality it was simply poor

SNP MEP fights HBOS merger

Alyn Smith has written to the European Competition Commissioner

Scots firms adapt to beat the recession

Diversification may be the key to survival as the economy goes into decline

E.ON snaps up farmland for nuclear power plant

The German energy group has bought land in Gloucestershire for a reactor that could generate power for a million people

Cobra put on sale by beer peer Bilimoria

Asian entrepreneur wants £200m for the brand he built from scratch to supply Britain’s curry houses

The power couple behind Matches

Meet the power couple who are changing the way we shop

The Andrew Davidson interview: Michael Foster

Michael Foster has just watched the resurgence of his listed group Charter hit the buffers. So what can he do?

Jaguar in secret plea for £1bn government loan

The sharp downturn in the global car market has already pushed some of the big car manufacturers to the edge of bankruptcy

UK redundancies reach 25,000 in just a week

BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, AstraZeneca and Sony Ericsson were among the latest companies to reduce their headcounts

AstraZeneca suffers double setback

Pharma giant faces a generic challenge to its asthma treatment and has recorded disappointing trials for lung cancer drug

Honda to close Swindon plant for two months

Nearly 5,000 staff face lean Christmas after plans to shut factory will leave workers with only basic pay in February and March

CBI chief opposes big bailout for carmakers

As unions seek £13m in state funds, Richard Lambert, the CBI Director-General, said carmakers should not be bailed out

Luggage firm tie-up

A British firm that collects and delivers holidaymakers' luggage so they can avoid taking it on a plane has bagged a merger with a US rival

British holiday hotspot goes under

The La Manga Club, a resort in southern Spain, declared itself insolvent after its banks declined to refinance part of its €97m debt

BBC Trust rejects £68m local news plans

Governing body rejects proposals for online local video service, claiming it would threaten local newspapers

BBC's local outlets under threat

Ministers have voiced concerns about the impact that BBC plans for local news websites will have on regional newspapers

BHP faces Brussels battle on Rio bid

Miner is facing a battle to prove that its proposed takeover of Rio Tinto would not lead to control of the iron ore market

The wonder of Wanda Jablonski

Patrick Heren reviews an absorbing new book about the remarkable woman whose journalistic career helped to establish Opec

Volunteers must offer professional skills

Mark Goldring went to Borneo with VSO to teach and it altered his outlook. The world has changed, writes Carly Chynoweth

How a company backing Brown lost its fight

Colorset, the business that supplies printed graphics and banners for Labour Party conferences, has gone into liquidation

Currys owner plunges into red

Currys owner DSG International slips into the red at the half-year stage for the first time in more than two decades

Woolworths in crisis rescue talks

The restructuring company Hilco sweetens £1 offer with move to assume more of the high street chain’s £385m debt mountain

Google mulls pre-installing Chrome browser

The move would significantly ramp up browser war Google launched against Microsoft when it revealed Chrome

Anger as carbon permits auction raises £54m

Government has provoked fury by saying proceeds of sale will not necessarily be used to tackle climate change issues

Eircom put on the block

Eircom will be formally put up for sale this week when its distressed Australian owner appoints investment bank UBS to find a buyer

UK redundancies reach 25,000 in just a week

BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, AstraZeneca and Sony Ericsson were among the latest companies to reduce their headcounts

Network Rail chief’s pay rockets to £1.2m

New research finds executives paid at the taxpayer’s expense are enjoying record salaries, huge bonuses and job security

London Cyclists: ‘Attacks just egg me on’

Things have been thrown at me, along with regular abuse – all from strangers. And no, I don’t ignore red lights, says Greg Hurst

Nuclear plant site sale starts

The government will launch the auction of land set aside for new nuclear-power stations within two weeks

E.ON snaps up farmland for nuclear power plant

The German energy group has bought land in Gloucestershire for a reactor that could generate power for a million people