Broadcaster ITV and Carphone Warehouse are to be evicted from the FTSE 100 Index after the latest quarterly reshuffle, it was confirmed today.

The founder of British crisp company Tyrrells could be in line for a multi-million pound windfall after the potato farmer was approached about the sale of a stake in the business, it was reported today.

More than 113,000 victims and agents of the British Farepak Christmas savings-club collapse have put in claims totalling £39m (€59.5m), a report by administrators said today.

THE €160 million passenger terminal at Cork Airport opened yesterday amid renewed calls on the Government to ensure it is not saddled with potentially crippling debt.

THE Cork Chamber has launched its strongest attack yet on the Government for its handling of the controversial Cork Airport debt issue.

TRANSPORT Minister Martin Cullen remained tightlipped yesterday on the details of a new report into the controversial debt hanging over Cork Airport.

BUSINESSES have joined forces in Limerick to raise €200,000 for cancer treatment equipment.

BOARD members at Cork Airport have been snubbed by the body appointed to investigate the airport’s multi-million euro debt controversy.

MORE than half the top industries in the mid-west predict increased turnover in the next six months.

HOPES faded last night that Cork’s political representatives would obtain an urgent meeting with Transport Minister Martin Cullen to discuss the potentially crippling €80 million debt facing the city’s airport.

FINE GAEL TD Bernard Allen has again accused the Government of attempting to renege on the commitment to unburden Cork Airport of its €200 million debt.

ENTERPRISE Minister Micheál Martin is not prepared to say who should pay the €160 million debt for Cork Airport's new terminal until a team of consultants give their view on the issue.

NEARLY 50,000 British businesses are set to go bankrupt in the coming three years as an economic slowdown takes hold, research claimed yesterday.

THE Bank of England is expected to freeze interest rates at 4.75% this week after business and consumer confidence failed to recover after the general election.

THE chairman of Cork Airport Authority, Joe Gantly, and senior management staff, have disowned a document which made serious allegations about middle management at the airport.

FORMER British Prime Minister John Major is to be the keynote speaker at the first national forum on family business issues.

Former computer security company Baltimore has replaced its auditors.

BDO Simpson Xavier has become the first Irish accounting firm to qualify for registration with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB).

The UK is heading for a period of balanced economic growth as companies’ confidence about the future stabilises, research claimed today.

BDO Simpson Xavier, the Irish office of BDO International, announced a fee income of €48.396m for its recent financial year end.

The Bank of England is set to relieve homeowners by keeping interest rates on hold this week, experts say.

KERRY County Council could be forced to sell some of its assets to offset the running costs of some of the town’s leading tourist attractions.

Davy Stockbrokers and BDO Simpson Xavier announced today that the Davy BES Fund 2002 raised over €7.3m in December 2002 - almost 150% of its target.

The UK’s sluggish economic growth looks set to last until the autumn of 2003, a report predicted today.

CardBASE Technologies has signed an agreement with French company Welcome which establishes a partnership for the deployment of multi-applications smart card systems worldwide.