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More than six million over 50s have a credit card but the majority could be missing out on the best deals, according to Saga Platinum Credit Card research...

The latest official retail figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), show that the cold snap did not dent sales growth in March as much as had been feared, but it cooled demand for new-season ranges in some categories, especially clothing and footwear...

Latest data from the Office for National Statistics showed annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation held steady at 2...

Among the 43 million part-time workers in the EU27 in 2012, 9.2 million wished to work more hours, were available to do so and can therefore be considered to be underemployed...

Here Towry’s head of investment Andrew Wilson comments on the recent fall in gold prices... "Undoubtedly, the dramatic fall in the price of gold over the past week has taken some investors by surprise...

Here BlackRock's Chief Investment Strategist Russ Koesterich provides his latest weekly commentary...

Here Andy Scott, premier account manager at foreign currency exchange brokers HiFX, considers recent market developments...

Three months after the implementation of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) advisers are optimistic about their future income prospects, according to the latest Adviser Barometer from Aviva...

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From 1 May, HM Revenue and Customs will charge a £10 daily penalty for each day your online return is late, up to a maximum of 90 days...

Rental yields of 7.82% and private rental accommodation making up almost a quarter of its housing stock make Southampton the best place in England and Wales for buy to let (BTL) investors according to research from HSBC...

Despite the poor weather, the UK property market has surged ahead in the first few months of 2013, according to the Home...

Public sector union UNISON is calling on the Government to help the lowest paid by increasing the national minimum wage above the £6...

Employers who ignore Britain's growing older population could suffer skills shortages and lose an important competitive edge, according to a new Government guide...

Footfall in March was 5.2% lower than a year ago, a poorer performance than the 0.8% rise in February, according to the latest BRC/Springboard Footfall Monitor...

Rising house prices over the last 15 years mean that many retirees are living in an increasingly valuable asset that has grown almost twice as fast as the average pensioner income, the Equity Release Council has found...

As the new tax year begins, confident investors are wasting no time taking advantage of their tax-free ISA allowance and are backing the UK for returns, according to research from Barclays Stockbrokers...

New measures could make it cheaper for aspiring self-builders to get their "grand design" off the ground...

An online toolkit that provides employers with help when taking on their first employee has been launched by the Government...

Confidence in Chancellor George Osborne's austerity measures has taken another blow after credit ratings agency Fitch became the second organisation in a matter of months to downgrade the UK to AA+...