There has been mixed news on the outlook for the eurozone’s biggest economies. The Bank of France expects the French economy to contract by 0.1% between April and June this year, having predicted that there would be zero growth less than a month ago. But the German central bank...

According to new data released by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, more than half of employers are making changes to their working practices during the Olympics to enable staff to work more flexibly or enable them to watch key events at work. Almost three in ten employers...

European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi has said risks to the eurozone economy have increased.   Earlier, official figures confirmed that the eurozone recorded zero growth in the first three months of the year.   The ECB also released its latest quarterly economic forecasts of growth and inflation. Its growth...

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has slashed its forecast for economic growth this year, from 0.6% to 0.1%.  But the group, which represents more than 100,000 businesses, raised its forecast for 2013 from 1.8% to 1.9%.  The data, in the BCC’s latest Quarterly Economic Forecast, follow official figures...