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Record 8.1% fall in house prices [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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Britain's biggest building society reports drop of 8%
Dire forecast of 20% plunge by the end of next year
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Centrica profits at £1bn after gas bill hike [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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British Gas parent company Centrica today posted half-year profits of £992m, a day after hitting millions of customers with a record hike in gas bills
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Market report: Thursday latest [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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13.00:Rising share prices had to compete with a rising oil price today, and that meant gains for investors were restricted
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HBOS profit falls 51% on subprime blow [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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Halifax owner HBOS today reported a 51% slump in profits after it was hit by writedowns of £1.1bn
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Shell racks up record profit of £8bn [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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Shell fired up the argument for windfall taxes against major oil and gas companies today as it reported record first-half profits
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Turner: State pension age must rise to 70 [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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Workers will have to stay in employment until they are 70 as happened 100 years ago, the Government's pensions guru predicted today
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Sadie Frost's firm goes bust owing millions [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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Sadie Frost's clothing company has gone into administration with debts running into millions of pounds
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Buy-to-let yields 'stable' at 6.4% [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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Buy-to-let landlords are continuing to benefit from strong rental demand as the property market takes a hit, according to new figures
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Restaurants can't use tips to top-up wages [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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Restaurant and bar owners are to be banned from using tips to top up staff's pay to the minimum wage
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Confidence of consumers at a 34-year low [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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Spiralling food and energy bills and rising unemployment have pushed consumer confidence to its lowest level since 1974, a survey has revealed
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Norwich Union policyholders to get £1,000 [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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Insurance giant Aviva has offered one million Norwich Union customers an average cash windfall of £1,000 each | But is it a good deal?
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£70 parking fine for being 'inconsiderate' [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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Motorists who park 'inconsiderately' could be fined £70 under a ruling that eliminates the need for warning signs or road-markings
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Homeowners face negative equity crisis [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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One in seven homeowners faces the threat of negative equity over the next year as the UK heads towards a 1990s-style property crisis
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Starbucks brews up trade with free refills [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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Starbucks is offering free refills in an attempt to stem the exodus of customers in the credit crunch
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Queen's broker Cazenove in City swoop [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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The Queen's stockbroker Cazenove has been caught up in Britain's biggest ever crackdown on insider trading
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Banks are to blame for mortgage madness [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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Lloyds TSB: Daniel's dividend mistake [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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Business model is out of gas [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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Midas share tips: Monitise and Autonomy [07/31/2008 01:17 PM]
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