CRH shares rose by nearly 2% on the back of the building materials giant announcing former Bank of Ireland chief executive Richie Boucher as its next chairman.

 

Left-wing rebels freed the last known foreign hostage held in Colombia, an ailing 69-year-old Swede kidnapped nearly two years ago from the ranch where he had retired.

Swedish construction giant Skanska said today its contract with BT to provide telecommunications infrastructure for the company’s fixed network in Britain had been renewed.

Ikea wants to sell cheap prefabricated homes in the UK.