Store chain D2 Jeans today collapsed into administration, making 200 staff redundant and jeopardising hundreds more jobs.

MANCHESTER United’s parent company posted a record full-year operating profit of £110.9 million (€126m) as the English soccer champions plan a $1 billion (€700m) initial public offering in Singapore.

Britain's manufacturers will only see a muted recovery this year under a "far from certain" outlook for the UK economy, a new report predicted today.