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Struggling Toys R Us has just ten days to pay off the massive VAT bill – and is unlikely to stump up the funds unless a white knight investor rides to the rescue.

Unlike other funds that aggressively try to grow savers’ cash by lumping all of their money in shares, Ruffer’s main aim is to make sure their nest egg is safe and don’t lose money.

Segro, which provides warehouses to Amazon, stormed to the top of the FTSE 100 leader board yesterday after delivering a strong set of results.

Mulberry makes 50 per cent of its leather goods in British factories and has sold a range of handbags created by supermodel Cara Delevingne. It is the largest manufacturer of luxury goods in the UK.

The extra cash, expected to be announced in the banking group’s annual results next week, will take the total bill to around £18.5bn and mark the 18th time more money has been made available.

The Office for National Statistics said sales of sporting equipment rose by more than normal in January as Britons resolved to get fit and run off the Christmas turkey.

The engineering giant, which makes car and aircraft parts, has already announced plans to hand £2.5billion to shareholders if it wins its fight for independence.

EDF reported a 33 per cent fall in earnings in the UK despite hiking gas and electricity prices. The French firm said underlying earnings tumbled to £889m last year.

Balfour is part of a consortium picked to build a train network at Los Angeles International Airport. The project includes six stations, a maintenance garage and moving walkways.

Ask most executives whether they hope to take charge of their company one day and they squirm like a cell of panicked eels. They um and ah before mumbling some management speak.

Thanks to the late Robert Maxwell, the wheels of financial justice move slowly. Aided by ‘magic circle’ law firms, delays to the publication of reports mean justice can be kept at bay for decades.

When stock markets tumble, the temptation can be to take your money out and head for safety. But experts say there are plenty of opportunities for investors to make money amid the turbulence.

American Express has lost a crucial legal appeal on interchange fees which could put some of its most popular rewards cards in jeopardy, including its British Airways credit card.

A couple who left their London life for the dream of renovating an enormous ramshackle hunting lodge in rural south Wales are now selling their renovated home for £1.95million.

The FTSE 100 has risen higher today, following US markets upwards while the Office for National Statistics revealed a disappointing set of retail sales figures for January.

When Plant Impact put itself up for sale in December investors weren’t convinced a buyer would be found with the shares wilting from 21.5p to 5.88p by close of play Thursday.

On this week's podcast we discuss why Britain doesn’t get paid enough, what we can do about it and how to look on the bright side of rising interest rates.

The FTSE 100 has risen higher today, following US markets upwards while the Office for National Statistics revealed a disappointing set of retail sales figures for January.

The RSA think-tank (led by Matthew Taylor, pictured) said that a growing number of Britons face losing their jobs to robots and artificial intelligence in the coming years.

The black mark had been put on his records following a failed mortgage application a year earlier. It only came to light after the reader failed background checks for two jobs, leaving him unemployed.