Thames Water relaxes its hosepipe ban for gardening businesses after record rainfall reduces the severity of drought conditions.

A single 30% rate of income tax is needed in order to boost growth in the UK, according to a report by a campaign group and business leaders.

Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna: “We need to see some grown-up statesmanship” to bring world leaders together to resolve the issues surrounding the European debt crisis.

Charges for single use carrier bags is a burden on small businesses and harming tourism in Wales, it is claimed by the TaxPayers’ Alliance .

Italian police seize assets estimated to be worth about 330m euros (£253m) from convicted businessman Gioacchino Campolo.

Former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie has said British business leaders should work harder to get the UK out of the current economic downturn.

Japan urges businesses and households to cut electricity use by up to 15% to avoid possible blackouts.

Japan completes its first successful commercial launch of a foreign-made satellite early on Friday, marking its entry into the launch business.

We largely steer clear of companies going public here at Engadget, but Facebook and its zillions of users warrants an atypical tip of the hat. The outfit has announced that starting tomorrow, 421,233,615 shares of its common stock will be up for grabs at a price to the public of $38 per share.

It looks like HP could be in store for another wave of big changes. According to a pair of reports out today (backing up a report from Business Insider yesterday), HP CEO Meg Whitman will announce a new restructuring plan on the company’s earnings call next Wednesday — a plan that will entail some significant job cuts