The women of Timex who brought us those computers are the hidden figures of the games industry ... out of the back door for a tenner and a packet of Embassy Regal,” van der Kuyl says.

But not by much: only by £8.9bn. If that number rings a bell, it is because this is the much-vaunted, but not much understood, "headroom" figure a lot of people in Westminster like to drone on about.

Thousands more drivers who bought car finance could be due money back after an announcement by the regulator, consumer champion Martin Lewis says. Read this and the rest of today's consumer and ...