Policymakers risk the UK economic recovery stalling if they fail to address its "undue reliance" on consumer spending, the British Chambers of Commerce has said.
Premier is to merge its £41m UK Mid-250 fund into the £82m Premier UK Growth fund as it moves to streamline its fund range further.
Hargreaves Lansdown has flagged up five key investment themes to benefit from the announcements made in yesterday's Autumn Statement.
Jemma Jackson of the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) looks at the rise of the specialist sectors and explains why closed-ended structures lend themselves to the space.
The UK and Europe will both slip into recession in 2012, according to the National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR).
UK GDP for the third quarter has been revised up by 0.1% to 0.6%, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) announced this morning.