The landlord and developer, which dates back to 1066, returns all profits to the Treasury which then dispenses 15 per cent of them to the monarchy through the Sovereign Grant. So a 6.7 per cent rise in annual profits to a record £285.1m for 2014-15 means the Royal Family will get a cut of £42.8m in 2016-17 - up £2.7m on the previous year.

More than one million savers piled into the 65+ bonds, which became the biggest selling retail savings product in British history. There have been some cries of foul about the 65+ bonds from the economic right and the left because of the premium interest rate over UK gilts and bank deposits.

The landlord and developer, which dates back to 1066, returns all profits to the Treasury which then dispenses 15 per cent of them to the monarchy through the Sovereign Grant. So a 6.7 per cent rise in annual profits to a record £285.1m for 2014-15 means the Royal Family will get a cut of £42.8m in 2016-17 - up £2.7m on the previous year.

For much of this year all the talk has been of deflation and the prospect of an interest rate rise retreated after six years at 0.5 per cent. As the jobless rate has come down, the labour market has tightened and increases in pay settlements and inflation-adjusted wages finally are coming through. Unemployment zipped down to 5.5 per cent of the workforce surprisingly rapidly though you might not have known it judging from the weekend march in London addressed by pop singer-cum-economic guru Charlotte Church (pictured).

When Simon Segars arrived for his first day at work at ARM, he was greeted by the site of a computer being soldered together for him to use. In the quarter century since, it has gone from barn to behemoth. The processor he helped design - the Arm7 - still accounts for a decent proportion of the company's sales.

There has been much fuss from the Treasury Select Committee over alleged inadequate oversight at the Bank of England. A bigger issue for Chancellor George Osborne ought to be a City regulator led by people up to their neck in accounting and regulatory misadventures.

A new book, Black Horse Ride, by former Sunday Times business editor Ivan Fallon, seeks to correct that picture. It strives to justify the deal on commercial grounds, arguing it was just the kind of transaction that Lloyds had been looking for, having abandoned its ambition to forge a cross-border European takeover.

Ferrero Rocher is set to buy troubled Thorntons - one of the last remaining British chocolate brands - for a price tag of £112million. But buried in the small print of the recommended cash deal it suggests up to 2,000 staff are at risk across Thorntons' 242 stores and 158 franchised outlets, which will put Ferrero at loggerheads with unions and politicians.

The CMA is focused on whether the market is competitive, but it would be a missed opportunity if it didn't look at how the market is tackling climate change. The CMA's provisional findings will not be the end of this process. There will be further consultation on the remedies proposed for any market failings they see, and I am determined that we will be part of the solution in creating the thriving low carbon economy the country needs.