A £2.2 million project is being launched to support new entrepreneurs in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. More than £2m ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) Convergence investment has been approved for the project, with the remainder coming from the

More than half of UK employees working unpaid overtime and one in five working the equivalent of an extra three days a week

As bank lending to small firms has fallen, what is the best way to get hold of the funds available?

Music makes the world go round - and it seems it could give many firms a boost

A franchise can be the start of a business empire and many franchisees are enouraged to take on extra outlooks. Find out what it entails

George Pitcher meets the Rev Russell Tague rector of the Esk Parishes in the Border Country north of Carlisle and learns about the local eduction crisis.

Record numbers of Alevel students including thousands with straightAs will be rejected from university this summer as applications soar in the recession.

THE Scottish Government has defended spending almost £500,000 on its "National Conversation" over the future of the constitution.

A BRITISH diplomatic compound is close to being seized by the Iranian authorities, one of the country's hardline military commanders has warned.

THE Ultimate Answer in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has been given a new lease of life, thanks to the Scottish Parliament. In the Douglas Adams novel, a supercom

A THIRD British soldier has been killed over the weekend in southern Afghanistan, bringing to 174 the total number of UK services personnel killed during the deployment in the

SCOTLAND'S justice secretary has upped the pressure on Westminster to devolve control over firearms in a letter to new Home Secretary Alan Johnson.

It is a great time to visit France if you prefer not to fly as Eurostar are offering some great deals - you an travel direct to most major cities in France and then get a more local train if

All over the country there are music festivals throughout July and August. Classical, popular, jazz etc, often performed in the open air with many concerts being free to watch and listen. In the South of France you can be at

Dynamo forward Artem Milevskyy has been handed the No 10 jersey following Ismaël Bangoura's move to Stade Rennais FC...

People over the age of 50 should think twice before grabbing a paintbrush and attempting some DIY around their homes.

On the 29th of June the Turkmen president Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov paid his first official visit to Jordan. The leader of Central Asian Republic who became a president in February 2007 celebrated his 52-nd birthday in Amman.

The chief of legal advice group of the directorate of shipbuilding, armament and maintenance of armament of the Russian Navy, Colonel Igor Pervushin, has been caught red-handed at reception of a large bribe, news agency ITAR-TASS reports. The arrest of