Government vets have launched an investigation into Britain's pig farming industry after disturbing images showing dead and diseased animals were passed to The Independent.

The UK's three biggest grocers have lambasted the Food Standards Agency's controversial proposals for supermarkets to be covered by a UK-wide rating system measuring food hygiene standards.

Britain's mobile phone giants are baulking at the likelihood of a major pricing shake-up planned by Viviane Reding, the European telecoms commissioner.

The UK's biggest food and drink companies, from Coca-Cola to Tesco, have clubbed together to share transport in a ground-breaking move forecast to take 800 lorries off Britain's roads this year.

East Kilbride's milk processing plant is approximately 400 miles from London's International Petroleum Exchange and a far cry from the volatile world of market trading. Yet the events in the oil market directly affect what happens at this Robert Wiseman dairy. Rising Brent crude oil prices in recent months have meant increasing procurement, production and delivery costs for one of Britain's most popular dairies.

Consumers will be saddled with soaring bills this year as Mervyn King, the Governor of the Bank of England, admitted that inflation will rise to more than 4 per cent.

The price comparison website uSwitch.com has accused high street banks of acting irresponsibly in issuing millions of credit cards without checking customers' financial status.

Public sector pension funds across the UK are being urged to back Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, the food campaigner and celebrity chef, in his call for Tesco to raise welfare standards for chicken.

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