European Union Business News

A sterling pounding but not a bloodbath

timesonline.co.uk     11 hrs ago          

David Smith: Economic Outlook Friendless, lonely, unloved. If so, Gordon Brown’s government will be belatedly following the pattern established by all its Labour predecessors. This time, the pound has lost more than 10%...                    

London suburbs seduce Nicolas Sarkozy

timesonline.co.uk     10 hrs ago          

President to remodel Paris on our capital Chris Gourlay and Matthew Campbell President Nicolas Sarkozy of France has enlisted some of Britain’s leading architects for one of his most daring projects. As part of the master...                    

Everything is green in Devon – except the azure sky

independent.co.uk     10 hrs ago          

'Are there any smoked salmon in the lake, Daddy?" Shhhh! This is my six-year old son, Edmund, giving away our secret – that we are just another bunch of townies on a trip to the countryside. But we've a special reason...                    

Review: The House of Wittgenstein by Alexander Waugh

telegraph.co.uk     10 hrs ago          

The pianist Paul Wittgenstein is the hero of this family saga, finds Noel Malcolm When I first heard the title of this book, I supposed (wrongly) that it was about the sleekly modernistic house which the 20th century's...                    

Senior Ulster Unionist says link-up of UUP and Tories would be a betrayal of working-class members

guardian.co.uk     10 hrs ago          

A senior Ulster Unionist who worked as a secret negotiator for his party and the Irish government warned this weekend that he would resign if the UUP merged with the Conservative Party. Dr Chris McGimpsey, a former UUP...                    

Meet the greenshifters

guardian.co.uk     10 hrs ago          

For the first time in generations, more people are moving to the countryside than are leaving, chicken keeping is the UK's fastest-growing hobby and for many self-sufficiency is no longer a pipe dream. Louise France meets...                    

Dream job turned to dust

timesonline.co.uk     10 hrs ago          

LAST September estate agent Simon Scott-Nelson celebrated. The 33-year-old had been headhunted by Knight Frank’s Exeter office to sell expensive waterfront properties in Devon, Cornwall and Dorset. This was a dream job...                    

Talks planned to rescue UK fashion week

guardian.co.uk     10 hrs ago          

Emergency summit called in an attempt to salvage the London event, as changes to New York dates put shows in jeopardy Leading figures from the fashion world have been called to an emergency summit in London next week to...                    

Country property: Buy your Brideshead to revisit

telegraph.co.uk     9 hrs ago          

The lure of the stately home never fades. This was Charles Ryder's first glimpse of Brideshead in Evelyn Waugh's classic novel. The remake: Emma Thompson, centre, and Matthew Goode in the film version of Waugh's classic...                    

Guerrillas in our midst

scotsman.com     10 hrs ago   1 related          

Published Date: 07 September 2008 FIVE figures in guinea-pig masks are striding across a small park on a Scottish housing scheme, bearing down upon a patch of weeds much as handbag-snatchers bear down upon old ladies....                    

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