The Government’s Help to Buy mortgage scheme should not become permanent, the outgoing governor of the Bank of England has told Sky News. Sir Mervyn King made the comments on the… #National #construction #government #property

Bdaily spoke to Lisa Bean, owner of Gradvert - a Newcastle-based graduate recruitment company - to find out more about the graduate recruitment space, and how SMEs are interacting with it. “The… #North East #employment #enterprise #training

The UK luxury retail sector could double its size to £12.2bn by 2017, analysis from wealth insight firm, Ledbury Research and Walpole. Data was collected on clothing, accessories, travel, hospitality and… #National #culture #retail

Morrisons will begin to offer home deliveries, following a partnership with online grocers Ocado. The agreement the sale of Ocado’s Dordon facility for £170m, which require a further £46m investment to… #National #ecommerce #retail

The Government’s efforts to rebalance the economy are not working, and we need full employment to start paying down national debt. That was the message from Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary,… #National #economy #employment #government

A University of York spin-out has secured a co-development and licensing deal for blood tests to detect early stage lung cancers. Heslington-based Cizzle Biotechnology Limited, along with US firm Fujirebio Diagnostics… #Yorkshire #health #innovation #science

Michael Grant is founder and managing director of video conferencing specialists, UCi2i. He takes Bdaily behind the business. What key challenges has your company recently faced? By far the biggest challenge is the rapid… #National #communication #digital #technology

Leeds-based digital agency, Branded3 have been bought by publishing services and marketing solutions firm St Ives Group. Branded3 has around 50 staff, and offices in London and Leeds servicing entertainment, finance… #National #acquisitions #creative #digital

The value of private equity deals across the UK has taken a sharp downturn, reaching a three-and-a-half year low. Private equity deal values declined 36% and the number of deals were down… #National #acquisitions #finance #investment

Individuals from UK businesses have been shortlisted in a national competition recognising their hand in driving change in their companies. The Microsoft Dynamics Change Ambassadors awards, managed by the Economist Intelligence… #video #National #communication #marketing #technology