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Budget 'must boost UK economy and jobs'

Public anger in Greece continues to mount at the latest public sector cuts and harsh austerity measures introduced by the government...

Taxpayers 'throwing away' thousands

The CBI has called on the Chancellor to use his March Budget to score the growth and investment policy goals he put forward in his Autumn Statement and give the UK economy and jobs a real boost...

Savers who have used their full cash ISA allowance every year since their introduction in 1999 would be £3800 richer than if they had just put the same amount away in an easy access savings account, according to analysis by MoneySupermarket...

The European Council has adopted a regulation on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps which introduces common EU transparency requirements and harmonises the powers that regulators may use in exceptional situations where there is a serious threat to financial stability...

More First-Time Buyers came through estate agents' doors last month than at any point in the previous eight months, according to the National Association of Estate Agents...

A second bail out for Greece was this morning finally agreed by European finance ministers following all-night talks in Brussels...

Advisers are feeling more confident about the UK economy but unemployment and Government spending cuts are of growing concern, according to Skandia's latest Adviser Confidence Barometer...

'Bedroom tax plan needs urgent rethink'

Gross mortgage lending declined to an estimated £10.5billion in January. Lending fell by 14% from £12...

The Chartered Institute of Housing wants the Government to agree concessions on its proposed "bedroom tax" before the Welfare Reform Bill is returned to the House of Commons...

UK businesses will see international trade growth accelerate from 2014 as the global economy ends a period of growth contraction, according to HSBC...

Meta description: Buying student property to rent out may not be as easy as it first sounds. Building a portfolio of student properties has become one of the most popular investments in the UK in recent years, as a steady rise in the number of young people heading to university has assured the market remains buoyant...

Hopes rise for Greece bail out

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) last week published its final advice to the European Commission on a new regulatory framework for occupational pensions...

Stock markets across Europe this morning moved into positive territory amid hopes of a successful Greek bail out...

Drilling successes saw 2011 end on a positive note for junior oil and gas companies, but ever tightening credit markets mean they remain vulnerable to takeover by their larger peers, according to the latest Ernst & Young Oil and Gas Eye...

Here, Tom Higgins, global macroeconomic strategist at Standish, considers the latest Greek bailout attempt...

A staggering number of parents (94%) are worried about their children's financial future according to a study by J...

Rochford in Essex and South Lakeland are the only two local authority districts in the UK where house prices are currently higher than they were in 2007, according to the latest research from Halifax...

Consumers are suffering at the hands of the rising cost of essentials and weak income growth, leaving discretionary spending power squeezed further despite the latest falls in inflation, according to this month’s Lloyds TSB Spending Power Report...

Nearly half of Britons (47%) have stopped or reduced the amount they save in the last year, research by MoneySupermarket has revealed...

House prices fall again in February

A combination of cooling measures in Asia and the threat of a double-dip global recession has led to a slowdown in many housing markets in "new world" economies, according to international real estate adviser, Savills...

House price declines continued in February, according to the latest Knight Frank/Markit’s February House Price Sentiment Index...

Buying travel insurance is a necessity, particularly if you’re planning to do adventure sports with an element of risk such as skiing, hiking or scuba diving...

Global demand for gold in 2011 rose to 4,067.1 tonnes (metric tons), worth an estimated $205.5 billion, according to the World Gold Council’s (WGC) Gold Demand Trends...

High Streets lose 14 shops a day

Mining giant Anglo American has announced record operating profits for 2011, which it attributes to higher commodity prices in the first half of the year...

Multiple retailers closed an average of 14 stores a day across Great Britain in 2011, according to research by Price Waterhouse Cooper (PwC) and Local Data Company analysis...

Retail sales up in January

UK car manufacturing rose significantly by 15.6% in January, producing a total of 127,382 vehicles, according new figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT)...

The volumes of sales in January 2012 increased 0.9% to 2% when compared with January 2011, according to data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS)...

The cost of renting a home in England and Wales increased in January, according to a survey by LSL Property Services...

Research reveals that the UK’s lowest income homes are being forced to spend a disproportionate amount of their weekly expenditure on food shopping...