And while many small private companies, like Mr Wendt's, are still pushing to boost output, the biggest firms have so far stuck with investment plans forged before prices really soared, choosing to put the windfalls primarily toward shareholder payouts, rather than...

The fact that Mark Attanasio and his entourage travelled to Carrow Road to watch their final top flight game for some time indicates that this is much more than a passing interest. Current majority shareholders Delia Smith and Michael Wynn-Jones are now both in their...

Rory Boland, travel editor at Which? magazine, urged holidaymakers to take out travel insurance when they book, rather than before they travel to best protect themselves."The problems that airlines are suffering are not easy to fix," he told the BBC, saying disruption...