15 Jun 2012:
One of the biggest department stores in the country calls in administrators after last-minute negotiations with landlords and the local council fell apart
12 Jun 2012: Barry Eichengreen: In the 1930s US firms, rather than resorting to extensive layoffs as in the current crisis, had their employees work a partial week
31 May 2012: Letters: The news that Britain's biggest independent oil refinery may shut begs the question which national newspaper will lead a campaign to save our strategic heavy industries?
16 May 2012: Jonathan Portes: British workers' resilience in the labour market has meant that employment statistics are not as bad as they could have been
Clinton Cards is the latest British retailer to fall into administration. Here is a list of this year's store closures and job losses on the high street