Credit Munch

Cobra put on sale by beer peer Bilimoria

Asian entrepreneur wants £200m for the brand he built from scratch to supply Britain’s curry houses

The power couple behind Matches

Meet the power couple who are changing the way we shop

Nestlé enjoys some sweet success

World’s biggest food group, said that UK sales of its Kit Kat brand had risen by 18% this year, in an overall market up 3%

How a company backing Brown lost its fight

Colorset, the business that supplies printed graphics and banners for Labour Party conferences, has gone into liquidation

US shop prices intensify deflation fear

Prices for goods and services across the US economy tumbled by 1% in October, in the sharpest monthly decline since 1947

Stores ‘breach bargains rules’

Supermarkets are allegedly flouting rules by displaying special offers that are not special and hoodwinking shoppers

Burberry takes a check on luxury spending

The upmarket fashion house joins its rivals in saying trading turned down quickly in October and November

Premier Foods pays £5m to delay bank debt test

Debt-laden food manufacturer puts off testing its covenants until March and scraps its interim dividend

The sound of ringing cash tills

Tesco has teamed up with Lord Lloyd-Webber to launch a childrenswear collection called My Favourite Things

Richemont says you cannot ignore recession

The Swiss luxury goods group says realisation of conditions, after culture of debt, will not be 'a quick or easy process'

Credit crunch squeezes from top to the cellar

Once regarded as a safe haven for investors, the wine industry is feeling the crunch with sales at a seven-year low

SABMiller cuts its investment programme

The global brewer behind Grolsch and Peroni Nastro Azzurro will cut its capital expenditure by about $500m next year

Just when game seemed easy, Japan sales fall

Falling console and software sales stun analysts who fear the gaming market will not be able to defy the economic slowdown

Subway sees slowdown as its chance to grow

The UK's biggest seller of sandwiches believes the economic downturn will present it with an opportunity to expand

Former S&N chief develops taste for Magners

John Dunsmore, former chief executive of Scottish & Newcastle, is to replace Maurice Pratt as chief executive of C&C Group