Independent on Sunday: MPs backed over nuclear clean-up criticism

The Government has backed a committee of MPs that criticised the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority for “inappropriately” withholding information from the public in a report on the clean-up of the Sellafield nuclear facility in Cumbria. It had cited commercial confidentiality.

The collapse of the banking sector in 2008 showed just how reliant the British economy had become on the City of London for growth, jobs and general prosperity. The recession that followed those dark days exposed the need to rebuild the non-financial side of the economy, but after years of neglect can our manufacturing ever recapture the success it once enjoyed?

The plane maker operates the biggest factory in the world – just don't mention the parking to its 40,000 staff

The social network wants to tap into a new generation of smart spenders by entering the financial services arena

The knives are out for Philip Clarke. But only a fool would write him off

The Celtic-supporting government trade supremo tells Margareta Pagano that helping the country’s forgotten medium-sized businesses is top of his list of priorities – and how the transfer from BT left him £10m out of pocket

By adopting the methods of their online rivals, traditional publishers can ensure a bright future. Gideon Spanier on the industry's resilience

The 270-year-old auction house has come out fighting against the hedge fund king's attack on its boardroom

The IMF is sounding a warning shot over Britain's economic recovery. Ben Chu examines how concerned we should be about prospects for growth

By 2016 Britain’s biggest coal-fired generating station aims to produce half its electricity from biomass. Margareta Pagano meets the woman driving the transformation to a green future

Investors will be scrutinising figures from Marks & Spencer (M&S) and Mothercare this week, as the two under-pressure retailers update on trading.

Independent on Sunday: Cost of nuclear waste clean-up soars

The cost of clearing four decades of nuclear waste at Dounreay in Scotland has soared by £200m just two years into a contract that will run until at least 2022. The contract has been altered with beefed-up security, while nuclear fuel must now be moved to Sellafield in Cumbria.  

The BCC’s final speaker contrived to make his appearance almost as newsworthy as that of Vince Cable, under siege in the aftermath of the National Audit Office’s report into the Royal Mail sell-off.

BHP Billiton drew the eye this week with chief executive Andrew Mackenzie’s bold plan to spin off various metals that have lost their lustre, such as manganese and aluminium. It is another reminder that the era of empire-building in the mining world is over.

A panel debate I took part in on Tuesday at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) annual conference combed through the issue of whether this economic recovery was good or great.