With the UK economy stuck in a groove, what prospects for 2013?

On the Saturday before Christmas the shop windows told their own story. Up to 50% off at Hobbs. Discounts of 60% at LK Bennett.

UK economy needs schoolchildren to learn languages, BCC says

Studying a foreign language should be compulsory until the age of 16 if Britain is to become a nation of exporters, a business group has warned.