The battle for Scotland’s future is on a knife edge but is "moving in the direction of Yes", the country’s deputy first minister said, as two separate polls gave the No campaign the narrowest of leads.

Tesco is set to take on the UK's banking giants as it launches its first current account with a swipe at the “ridiculously poor value” offered by rivals.

Retail giant Tesco marked the end of the supermarket "space race" today as it scrapped more than 100 major store developments and admitted future growth would be focused more online.

Tesco has reported its first group profit decline inalmost 20 years, but said its Irish operations performed well in the first half of its current financial year.

Supermarket Tesco and insurer Aviva joined forces today in a move targeting the estimated three in five families in the UK who do not have life protection cover.

Tesco revealed its worst sales performance in two decades today after shoppers tightened their belts and rivals attacked its market dominance.

An American private equity group is considering a £1bn (€1.13bn) bid for UK nationalised lender Northern Rock, it was reported today.

TESCO saw its sales in Ireland increase more than 5% to almost €3 billion in the year to the end of February 2011.

Supermarket giant Tesco revealed a fourth-quarter sales slump today as it admitted it missed UK growth targets.

TESCO said its business in Ireland has successfully turned around, with growth having resumed and market share increasing.

SUPERMARKET chain Tesco is performing reasonably well in Ireland, despite having to deal in a recessionary market and having to implement restructuring activity costing £15m (€16.2m) in the first half of 2009.

British supermarket giant Tesco plans to open 30 bank branches in its stores in the UK by the end of this year as part of its continued push into financial services, it emerged today.