Hampshire have announced the signing of former Worcestershire fast bowler Simon Jones on a three-year contract. The contract for Jones, who has had several surgical procedures on his knee since injuring it playing for England in the 2005 Ashes series, includes several pay as you play clauses due to concerns over his long-term fitness. There [...]

The FTSE 100 opened up over one per cent on Thursday. At 08:48 BST the index stood at 5,159.83 – a gain of 50.93 points or 1.00 per cent. Leading the gains was Vedanta Resources rose 5.42 per cent after production reports showed the miner recorded higher iron ore and zinc output. Lonmin rose 3.77 [...]

Financial analysts have called for the Bank of England to increase its quantitative easing programme to £200 billion. The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will announce its monthly decision on interest rates as well as providing an update on its quantitative easing programme later today. David Kern, chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce [...]