Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 22:14 GMT
Life and pensions group Standard Life has said its first quarter sales rose 8% after it put in a 'solid' performance against tough market conditions
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 22:14 GMT
David Cameron has pledged to cut taxes and regulation for business, but warned that in return it must help tackle social problems
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 22:13 GMT
The expansion policy of the production company behind television shows Rock Rivals and Waterloo Road appeared to be bearing fruit
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 20:39 GMT
Business class airline Silverjet said a Middle Eastern investor had agreed to pump 25 million US dollars (£12.7m) into the struggling group
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 20:36 GMT
Oil and gas explorer BG Group has become the latest beneficiary of soaring prices after unveiling first-quarter profits of £1.4 billion
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 20:36 GMT
One in two company directors believe the UK is less competitive than a decade ago, according to a new survey
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 18:00 GMT
BSkyB has said its target of 10 million customers in 2010 remained in view after adding 56,000 customers in the first three months of this year
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 16:38 GMT
The under-pressure US economy inched ahead by slightly more than expected during the first quarter of this year, official figures have showed
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 16:04 GMT
Royal Bank of Scotland fixed and tracker rate mortgages are being slashed by up to 0.3%
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 16:03 GMT
Savings rates have broken through the 7% barrier with the launch of a new bond from Icelandic bank Icesave
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 15:41 GMT
Argos and Homebase owner Home Retail Group has warned of retreating sales at both chains amid the growing squeeze on consumer spending
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 15:31 GMT
House prices have fallen by 1% during the past 12 months, the first year-on-year fall since 1996, figures show
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 15:31 GMT
Soaring household bills as well as the continuing grip of the credit crunch has sent consumer confidence plunging to its worst level for more than 15 years, a survey said
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 15:31 GMT
Thousands of families are facing a surprise tax hike after Chancellor Alistair Darling confirmed that cars up to seven years old would be subject to new road duties
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 13:26 GMT
Interest rates should have been cut more drastically in a bid to avoid recession, a senior Bank of England official has warned
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 13:26 GMT
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has confirmed that he personally intervened to block plans to increase prisoners' pay rates by 37.5% - their first rise for more than a decade
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 11:13 GMT
Wall Street finished with a small decline as investors traded cautiously ahead of the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 10:42 GMT
Oil giants BP and Shell were the toast of shareholders, but faced anger from motorists, after pumping profits of more than £3 million an hour
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 10:42 GMT
Bosses at the UK's biggest mortgage lender have been grilled by shareholders after asking for £4 billion to strengthen its balance sheet
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 10:33 GMT
Bank of England Governor Mervyn King has attacked the City for its excessive pay packages and heavy risk taking and told MPs the sector needs to change if further financial crises are to be avoided
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 10:33 GMT
Professional landlords who plan to hold on to their properties for the long-term are dominating the buy-to-let market, research shows
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 09:00 GMT
High street bank Abbey said it had trebled its share of the new mortgage market in the first three months of 2008, as it dodged the credit crunch losses of its rivals
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 08:12 GMT
Nationwide Building Society is increasing its personal loan rates by 1%
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 08:11 GMT
Bumper profits from blue chip oil giants BP and Shell gave the energy sector a boost, but failed to provide direction for the wider London market
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 08:05 GMT
Carpetright said UK trading remained under pressure from a property slowdown, despite signs of an improved sales performance in recent weeks
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 03:31 GMT
House prices have fallen by 1% during the past 12 months, the first year-on-year fall since 1996, figures show
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 03:06 GMT
House prices have fallen by an average of nearly £45 a day since the beginning of the year, figures showed
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 06:15 GMT
The Norwich Union brand name is to be ditched after more than 200 years, its parent group has said
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 06:15 GMT
More than a quarter of all UK mergers and acquisitions in 2006 and 2007 involved potential insider dealing, the City watchdog has revealed
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 05:59 GMT
The number of mortgages approved for people buying a home hit a record low during March as the credit crunch continued to limit the supply of funds available, new figures showed
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 04:52 GMT
House prices have fallen by an average of nearly £45 a day since the beginning of the year, figures showed
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 03:51 GMT
Supermarket tills are continuing to ring despite a squeeze on household budgets
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 02:07 GMT
The City watchdog has indicated it is planning a major shake-up of the way investment products are sold
Last Updated : Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 02:07 GMT
The Treasury is to set up a working group with representatives of some of the world's biggest multinational companies to look at the future of business taxation in the UK, Chancellor of the Exchequer...
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 17:52 GMT
House prices could drop by around 30% over the next few years if interest rates are not cut, a senior Bank of England official has warned
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 17:52 GMT
Holidaymakers can be driven to distraction when trying to hire a car abroad, Which? Holiday magazine said
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 16:01 GMT
Computer games retailer Game has posted record profits as it said an 'unprecedented range of popular products' had boosted prospects
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 11:45 GMT
A lot has been written about the health of the economy and the potential for job losses. If you’re seriously worried about the safety of your job then thoughts have probably turned to how you would...
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 15:39 GMT
Pubs chain JD Wetherspoon has said real ale drinkers helped offset some of the pain caused by rising costs and testing trading conditions
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 15:13 GMT
Office of Fair Trading (OFT) investigators have contacted manufacturers of leading household brands as part of an inquiry into alleged price fixing
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 14:27 GMT
Mortgage rates have increased during the past week despite moves by the Bank of England to ease the problems in the money markets, figures showed
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 14:23 GMT
Tesco has launched a labelling system showing the carbon footprint of grocery items
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 13:45 GMT
One of the UK's biggest mortgage lenders has increased the size of the deposit it demands from new borrowers to at least 10% on all but two of its products
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 12:09 GMT
Wall Street finished with a slight dip as investors turned cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting that begins on Tuesday
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 12:09 GMT
The UK's biggest brewer, Scottish & Newcastle, is expected to fall into foreign hands after its £7.8 billion takeover by rivals Heineken and Carlsberg
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 10:24 GMT
Fashion e-tailer ASOS said the continuing popularity of online shopping helped it buck gloomy high street trends, as it flagged up profits ahead of market hopes
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 08:46 GMT
The number of fake banknotes discovered in circulation has dropped to the lowest level on record, banking chiefs said
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 08:45 GMT
Shares in oil majors BP and Royal Dutch Shell surged after the pair smashed City expectations for first quarter results
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 04:10 GMT
More than half (54%) of fathers feel it is a battle to fulfil their role in 21st century Britain, a survey found
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 03:59 GMT
The number of US homes heading towards repossession more than doubled in the first quarter from a year earlier, as weakening property values and tighter lending left many owners powerless to prevent...
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 07:53 GMT
Chocolate giant Mars confirmed a deal to buy Juicy Fruit and Extra chewing gum group Wrigley for around 23 billion US dollars (£11.6bn)
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 07:39 GMT
News of a multi-billion deal in the confectionery sector and better-than-expected results from Whitbread helped consumer stocks make strong advances on the London market
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 07:23 GMT
Mortgage rates have increased during the past week despite moves by the Bank of England to ease the problems in the money markets, figures show
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 03:06 GMT
The amount of money paid into investment fund ISAs has nearly halved during the past year as consumers remain cautious in the face of volatile markets, figures showed
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 06:38 GMT
Stagecoach shares posted strong gains after the bus and rail firm said it had been trading ahead of expectations
Last Updated : Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 06:29 GMT
People in the UK are leaving themselves open to financial hardship in the future because they 'massively' under-estimate how long they will live, it was claimed
Last Updated : Monday, 28 April 2008, 22:18 GMT
A maker of trifles and chocolate puddings for supermarkets has said it planned to close a factory with the potential loss of up to 390 jobs
Last Updated : Monday, 28 April 2008, 22:18 GMT
The value of small company pension funds fell for the first time in two years during the early part of 2008 on the back of stock market slides, figures showed
Last Updated : Monday, 28 April 2008, 22:18 GMT
More than £100,000 a week is now being seized from criminals, it has been disclosed
Last Updated : Monday, 28 April 2008, 22:17 GMT
The UK's biggest brewer, Scottish & Newcastle, will fall into foreign hands on Tuesday after its £7.8 billion takeover by rivals Heineken and Carlsberg