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The leaders of the G8 group of major economies say they want Greece to remain in the eurozone, and commit to promoting growth.

Unlike his opposite number at M&S, Mark Price, the preternaturally jolly managing director at Waitrose, has plenty to smile about. Sales are hitting record levels and the retailer's Tesco price-match strategy has been a hit with customers.

Britain's new aircraft carrier, the Queen Elizabeth, will move a key step closer to completion this week when the front section of the hull is shipped from Portsmouth to Rosyth in Scotland, where it will be assembled with the rest of the ship. We take a look how work is progressing at BAE Systems.

It is the second biggest engineering project in the UK behind the Olympics, generates enough energy to power every home in Swindon and has been a topic of political debate for years - the building of Britain's new aircraft carriers is continuing apace.

World leaders have thrown their weight behind Greece staying in the eurozone after a day of crisis talks at the G8 summit in Camp David.

Pressure is growing on the Government to publish details of more than 100 investigations into potential fraud at back-to-work providers since 2006, after the chief executive of A4e backed calls for greater transparency to tackle genuine "market issues".

Odey Asset Management, the $7bn (£4.4bn) hedge fund run by Crispin Odey, has taken a multi-million pound stake in Buddi, the personal tagging firm led by Sara Murray.

Barclays has held talks with UK Financial Investments over plans to give voters shares in Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group.

David Cameron is to come under fresh pressure over the Government's growth agenda with businesses and modernising Tory MPs pressing for new policies to boost the economy.

The pressure on commodity giant Glencore to raise its offer for miner Xstrata is decreasing as Xstrata shares traded at their lowest level in relation to Glencore's since the companies' planned £50bn-plus merger was announced.

Qinetiq, the defence and aerospace technology group, is for the first time to seek partners for some of its most advanced products in the next stage of chief executive Leo Quinn's turnaround programme.

Ministers will press ahead this week with the biggest overhaul of the energy sector in two decades - amid escalating warnings from the industry that it remains seriously flawed.

Business leaders are set to welcome radical plans to overhaul employment rights which the Government hopes will make it easier to hire new workers and spark growth.

There are essentially two views of the relationship between the employer and the employee.

Bosch and other leading automotive parts companies have held secret talks with the Government and leading car makers about opening new UK plants.

The London Stock Exchange is in the early stages of planning an assault on the continental European market, pitting it against rivals Euronext and Deutsche Borse on their own turf.

Prudential is to name Paul Manduca as its new chairman following a five-month search to replace the departing incumbent, Harvey McGrath.

Business leaders appointed as non-executive directors of Whitehall departments to speed up Civil Service reform face "significant issues" in carrying out their duties, according to Lord Browne of Madingley, the Government's lead non-executive.

Vodafone could be forced to share Cable & Wireless Worldwide with the company's biggest shareholder, Orbis, in the face of considerable shareholder unrest over its £1bn bid.

Shareholders in Royal Dutch Shell have been advised to oppose the oil giant's "excessive" executive pay, which saw chief executive Peter Voser's total remuneration double to more than £10m last year.