29-Nov-2011 02:17 UK

Q&A: How Greek crisis affects UK :: While the Greek debt crisis occupies world leaders at the G20 summit of the biggest economic powers, should we fear the potential fallout here?
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-15570588

UK job cuts estimate 'too small' :: Official estimates for public sector job losses are too conservative to meet government spending cuts, an independent forecasting group says.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-15907858

Age UK is accused of ending key research into ageing :: Funding neglects biological study of growing old, say academicsLeading scientists have warned that Age UK, the country's leading charity for older people, risks letting future generations down by abandoning fundamental research into the biology of ageing, instead only bankrolling studies that deliver short-term payoffs.Professor Richard Faragher, chair of the British Society for Research on Ageing, said that the move was especially unwelcome when scientists are tantalisingly close to cracking the secrets of how cells and bodies age."I worry that the increased emphasis on translational research risks basic research dropping off the agenda of Age UK, which would be damaging for the charity, damaging for scientists and damaging for older people," said Faragher, a professor at the University o...
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Could graphene be the new silicon? :: It started with a few experiments with Scotch tape and a pencil. Then graphene, stronger than steel, one atom thick and a super-conductor, was born, a wonder material that could be as revolutionary as silicon, say its Nobel prize-winning creators. Now with £50m from the UK government, they're out to prove itSomehow it seems appropriate that the government might be basing some of its hopes for the economy's recovery on a substance that is one atom thick. The substance in question â€" graphene â€" 200 times as strong as steel, seems to some designed to carry the weight of almost anything â€" but George Osborne's Plan A? That would indeed make it a miracle material.Nevertheless the chancellor made a detour from the Tory conference in Blackpool in September to visit Manchester University, gra...
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VIDEO: Is the UK heading towards recession? :: On the eve of the chancellor's Autumn Statement, there is growing concern that the UK economy is sliding back into recession.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15930989

UK faces bigger financial black hole :: Office of Budget Responsibility downgrades its estimate of Britain's economic potential over the next few years
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ce631fb0-19e8-11e1-b9d7-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

Bank governor warns of hard times :: UK economic growth will be "flat or close to zero" over the next six months, Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King tells MPs.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15927829

Pension funds to boost £30bn plan :: The government announces a major drive to encourage investment in large infrastructure projects - as a respected economic think tank says the UK is likely to slip back into recession.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-15914145

OECD warns of European recession :: The OECD says the eurozone and the UK are likely to enter a recession as the international body cuts its global growth forecasts.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15915627

China considers UK infrastructure investment :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/qdLCBfovuA8/

November 30th Strikes: Airlines Tell Passengers to Re-Book :: Virgin speaks out against the UKBA strikes, while British Airways says they'll create "considerable uncertainty".
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/257015/20111128/november-30th-strikes-airlines-tell-passengers-book.htm

VIDEO: Bleak forecast for Europe growth :: A bleak forecast from the OECD suggested that both the UK and the eurozone could be heading into another recession.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15918991

VIDEO: The Chancellor's balancing act :: Ahead of the Chancellor's Autumn Statement on the UK economy, the BBC's Economics Editor Stephanie Flanders and Political Editor Nick Robinson discuss the balancing act faced by George Osborne.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-politics-15921568

BCC cuts UK growth forecast again :: The British Chambers of Commerce downgrades its forecast for UK economic growth for the fourth time this year.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15915104

First-time buyers 'rarely seen' :: First-time buyers are "rarely seen", estate agents say, with their share of the UK housing market falling to a three-year low.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-15887612