Connaught rivals Rok and Mears are said to be prepared to talk to any unhappy customers of the stricken social housing group. Photograph: Connaught Rivals to Connaught are waiting to pounce on any unhappy customers of the stricken social housing group, which has issued a spate of profit warnings... 

Dominic Raab, the MP for Esher and Walton, says emails from lobby groups stop him ‘concentrating on those in real need’. Photograph: Sutton-Hibbert/Rex Features A Conservative MP has been criticised for deliberately making it difficult for constituents to contact him. Dominic Raab,... 

HP denies any illegal conduct. Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Hewlett-Packard has agreed to pay m (£35m) to settle claims that it defrauded the US government by paying “kickbacks” to other technology companies to recommend its products, and by overcharging federal agencies. The... 

Richard Woolfe, director of programmes at Channel Five, is leaving the company. Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian Channel Five is to lose seven of its nine executive board directors in a brutal management cull as new owner Richard Desmond looks to cut £20m from the business. Five... 

Breakfast TV star Kate Garraway, pictured at the Galaxy British book awards, who is launching Goodypass.com, which will offer fans a range of goods at a reduced price. Photograph: Rex Features Breakfast TV star Kate Garraway is launching an online business that will enable members of the public...