Two small business energy suppliers have been heavily criticised by the industry watchdog for taking advantage of the inefficiencies of their larger rivals and imposing "savage" time restrictions on their contract transfer policies.

Shoppers on Ebay in the US yesterday could pick from more than 2,500 supposedly genuine Louis Vuitton handbags. The company's French site, by contrast, listed just 80.That is the sort of discrepancy that, according to critics, highlights a glaring truth about the world's biggest e-commerce company: that - in spite of Ebay's claims to have cracked down - in some markets the sale of large numbers of counterfeit luxury goods continues unabated

Tesco went on the attack against regulators for the second time in months on Monday, announcing it would appeal against a recommendation of the Competition Commission’s two-year supermarket probe.

The government has stepped up the pace of change in the battle against global warming by announcing a shortlist of four bidders pre-qualifying for its carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration project and outlining a proposed new legislative framework for "clean coal".

Far from stymying the environmental cause, the downturn in the world's economies highlights just how pressing it is.

Darlington became one of the UK’s first Cycling Demonstration Towns, receiving £1.5m in Government cash in 2005 for a three-year scheme to improve bike routes and accessibility.

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