Four businessmen will be appointed today to drive the next stage of the government's efficiency review aimed at releasing billions for investment in public services after 2010.Patrick Carter, the Labour peer who chaired the government's review of Wembley Stadium, will take forward a study of the public sector's use of property after the National Audit Office found £330m - more than a third of the amount departments spend on offices - could be saved if private sector best practice was followed.

Fresh signs of the resurgence of Britain's coal mining industry emerged yesterday with the announcement of an agreement by Scottish Coal to supply £700m of coal over five years to Scottish Power.The company - the UK's second largest coal mining group - will today publish details of the agreement to supply the electricity generator, which burns between 4m and 6m tonnes of coal a year. Most of this is imported but with international coal prices rising more than 80 per cent this year, UK electricity generators worry about the cost of relying on foreign fuel.

There is a green revolution under way in business. After years of scepticism, big companies are starting to see the need for change. They are acting to cut waste, cut carbon emissions, find sources of renewable energy and develop sustainable business models. So, at least, argues Peter Senge in his latest book, The Necessary Revolution.

Russian oligarchs spelled out their determination to take control of the TNK-BP joint venture last night and they called for an extraordinary meeting of the board of directors to take place on Monday at which they will demand that chief executive Bob Dudley is removed from his post.

The US department of justice has begun a formal investigation into competition concerns surrounding an advertising tie-up between the two biggest global players in internet searches, Google and Yahoo.

Severe adverse effects from climate change can be avoided at reasonable cost but only if politicians stop talking and start acting, a major report from PricewaterhouseCoopers says today.

The G8's push for greater biofuel use has been a significant factor in driving 760 million people into food insecurity and putting them at risk of hunger in the past two years, ActionAid says today.

A DONCASTER company is celebrating getting a big tick for its work with youngsters.
Frank Haslam Milan, part of the Keepmoat Group, is far from ticked off after receiving the Business in the Community Big Tick award for the second year running in recognition for the work it carries out with the Outward Bound Trust.

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