Jack Kennedy followed up Sunday’s double at Downpatrick by claiming another brace in Ballinrobe last night.

The national minimum wage in the UK should be increased by 20p an hour to £6.70, the Low Pay Commission is recommending.

British business secretary Vince Cable said David Cameron is out of touch with the reality of EU membership and his aim of clawing back powers will be difficult to achieve.

Royal Bank of Scotland is cutting lending faster than other banks are making loans, UK business secretary Vince Cable said.

Speculation is mounting that US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is set to make a hostile bid for AstraZeneca after its €76bn takeover offer was spurned.

Royal Bank of Scotland has appointed law firm Clifford Chance to conduct an inquiry into the treatment received by small business customers in financial distress, responding to suggestions it closed down viable businesses too quickly.

Royal Bank of Scotland is facing allegations of “unscrupulous” treatment of small businesses in a report claiming the lender drove firms to collapse to buy back their assets at rock-bottom prices.

Lloyds Banking Group investors are betting that UK house prices will continue to rise across the country as the economy recovers.

Plans to boost credit to small businesses in the UK have been dealt a blow after a major lender delayed its launch into the sector until 2016.

British Business Secretary Vince Cable has cooled expectations over Royal Bank of Scotland’s return to private ownership by signalling it may be in public hands for another five years.

The UK government said it will sell a majority stake in 360-year-old Royal Mail via an initial public offering by the end of March.

An American soldier was stabbed to death by an Afghan teenager as he played with a group of local children.

Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce are both facing jail in England after she was convicted of perverting the course of justice by taking speeding points for him a decade ago.

Britain’s loss of its prized AAA credit rating intensified the pressure on sterling today despite another rally for London’s top flight shares index.

Ireland would not benefit if Britain were to leave the EU following a referendum to be held in 2017, according to Vince Cable, British secretary of state for business, innovation and skills.

Alternative lending for British small businesses that uses the web to match borrowers and lenders received a £110m (€136.5m) boost from the UK government and private sector today.

The British government will tomorrow "accept in full" radical plans to shake up the banking industry despite fears the measures will harm the economy, UK Business Secretary Vince Cable said today.

BRITISH Business Secretary Vince Cable, who has called for tough action against tax dodgers, has been fined for failing to pay his own tax bill.

Jobs Minister Richard Bruton will travel to London today to hold talks with his British counterpart.

Fears of a double-dip recession were fuelled today as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) slashed the UK’s growth forecast and warned the global economy is in a “dangerous new phase”.

BRITISH business secretary Vince Cable said UBS’s $2.3 billion (€1.68bn) unauthorised trading loss underlines the case for John Vickers’s plan to force banks to insulate their consumer units from their investment banking operations.

Irresponsible bankers who take unacceptable risks or mis-sell products to customers should be barred from the profession, UK opposition leader Ed Miliband said today.

British Chancellor George Osborne has met senior News Corporation executives including chairman Rupert Murdoch and former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks on 16 occasions for talks and social events since taking office, it was revealed today.

BRITAIN’S coalition government descended into a war of words over immigration policy yesterday, with the junior Liberal Democrats attacking Tory Prime Minister David Cameron’s hardline rhetoric.

Business and unions in the UK were divided tonight over the national minimum wage after the British government announced that the adult rate will increase by 15p an hour, benefiting almost a million workers.

Britain's Business Secretary Vince Cable has said that he has “declared war” on the media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, it was disclosed today.

Plans for a showdown meeting today between UK government ministers and banking chiefs have been postponed because of travel disruption caused by heavy snowfall.

BUSINESS Secretary Vince Cable has pledged to take “robust action” on the “scandalous” and “completely unjustified” payouts by banks in Britain.

The UK's Business Secretary Vince Cable is planning to take "robust action" on "completely unjustified" payouts by banks in Britain.

The City regulator in the UK today bowed to pressure and said it hoped to reveal details of its inquiry into the collapse of Royal Bank of Scotland by the end of March.

THE WikiLeaks website came under another powerful internet-based attack making it inaccessible for hours.

London: Russian banks may buy stakes in Britain’s “large” financial companies, said Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin.

Britain’s biggest banks were said today to be in talks about reducing the multi-billion pound staff bonus pot.

London: British Business Secretary Vince Cable called for a review of Rupert Murdoch-led News Corp’s proposed £7.8 billion (€9bn) bid for the rest of British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc, potentially delaying the deal.

British Business Secretary Vince Cable today said he was intervening in News Corp’s £12bn (€13.68bn) bid to take control of broadcasting giant BSkyB and would refer the plans to regulator Ofcom.

Former Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable died by choking on his own vomit, an inquest has found.

UK Business Secretary Vince Cable today accused high street banks of "ripping off" their customers as it was disclosed some are charging up to 167% interest on unauthorised overdrafts.

Production of the first full hybrid vehicle in Europe was officially launched today at Toyota’s main UK plant by Business Secretary Vince Cable.

ROCK star Stuart Cable was laid to rest yesterday to the raucous sound of high decibel heavy metal.

FORMER Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable was found dead at his home yesterday in Aberdare, Wales. The death is not being treated as suspicious.

Former Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable has died.

George Osborne was confirmed as Chancellor of the Exchequer and William Hague as Foreign Secretary in the new Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition British Government.

GORDON BROWN today urged voters not to put Britain’s “fragile” economic recovery at risk by entrusting control to his “novice” rivals.

THE Liberal Democrats have “fundamental disagreements” with the Labour Party and would not rush into any post-election alliance, the party’s economy spokesman Vince Cable said.