ped in June after a brief May shopping rise. Data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) show a 0.4 per...

The FTSE 100 this morning continued yesterday's fall as the market slipped after a brief opening fillip. At 9:39 BST the index stood...

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has presented proposals to the government designed to address funding problems in the UK mortgage market. The policy which...

The latest jobs data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed a mixed employment picture...

JPMorgan Chase has posted an earnings fall of 53 per cent, as the credit crunch continues to bite Wall Street. The US investment bank saw...

New data has revealed that the number of applicants to full-time undergraduate courses at UK universities and colleges has risen by 9.1 per...

The FTSE 100 fell 0.41 per cent today after rallying on close following oil price falls to narrow earlier losses. The index closed down...

A leading United Nations scientist has encouraged businesses to fly abroad less for meetings and to conduct them instead via video conferencing. Dr Rajendra Pachauri...

A clear policy on what staff are allowed to access on the internet while at work will benefit both employers and workers, it has been...

Victims of the Equitable Life near collapse should receive compensation, the Parliamentary Ombudsman ruled today. In a report into how the government handled its oversight...

The FTSE 100 beat off some despondency to rise 1.61 per cent to 5,233.60 at 9:13 BST. The jump followed rises...

Troubled mortgage lender Bradford & Bingley has won the support of its shareholders for its proposed rights issue. Some 93 per cent of all proxy votes...

The FTSE 100 climbed 2.63 per cent to 5,286.30. Confidence returned after yesterday's rally in New York and was unaffected by...

More than two-thirds of consumers in the UK with televisions now have access to digital services, it has been revealed.

Consumers in the south-east and London are more likely to be hit by credit card fraud than those elsewhere in the UK, it has been suggested.

Swindon borough council has stated that it may stop paying for speed cameras in the area as the devices may not improve road safety.

Anglian Water has claimed that a small rabbit was the cause of the presence of cryptosporidium in its supply recently.

Improved broadband capabilities may become possible after BT said that it is to plough £1.5 billion into fresh technology.

A high number of households are choosing to take out capped energy packages over fears that bills will rise again this year, it has been claimed.

Families are unlikely to find any joy in the news that consumer prices index inflation has jumped to 3.8%, the Liberal Democrat Vince Cable has said.