RECOVERY specialist Begbies Traynor has announced the sale of its Channel Islands insolvency and restructuring business to Grant Thornton.

FIRST Hull Trains grew revenues and returned to the black in its latest financial year, but said recent trading has been tough as passengers’ incomes are squeezed by the austere economic climate.

NICK Clegg will unveil plans today to create a “John Lewis economy” by radically increasing employee share ownership.

ECONOMIC recovery has been paralysed by political turmoil in the eurozone, according to a forecast from the Ernst & Young ITEM Club, which expects stagnant UK growth this year.

SWEET maker Glisten said it is about to embark on an era of “very strong growth”, which could include acquisitions, to grow market share in the UK and Europe.

YORKSHIRE and the Humber remained the UK’s fastest-growing region for private sector business activity in December, according to a survey of purchasing managers by Lloyds TSB and Markit.

THE founders of Fuse8 have bought the digital marketing group back from its parent company.

HOUSE builder Bovis Homes said it expected to achieve a significant increase in profit in 2012, benefiting from forward bookings rising by more than a third, following strong earnings growth in 2011.

Members of Benenden Healthcare Society who are 66 and over can now access a health cash plan product after the organisation joined forces with Engage Mutual Assurance.

The Patents County Court (PCC) is hosting an event in York later this month to help those with intellectual property claims find an alternative to traditional High Court action.