Hard-up homeowners who have fallen into arrears on sub-prime mortgages are being forced to pay up large lump sums by lenders, or risk repossession

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has created a new programme for community-led renewable energy projects, the Communities Renewable Energy Support Programme (CRESP).

is a high-end Android 2.0 smartphone heading for Europe and worldwide markets.

Revenue & Customs has asked me to provide property particulars for a house I bought 28 years ago but the records are long gone. Is this a reasonable request?

On 22 October 2009, the Port of Gdansk hosted a delegation of the Port of Stockholm.

Ministers will sell off huge chunks of the state-controlled banks, despite warnings that taxpayers could lose billions of pounds in a fire sale

The public finances are in their worst state for at least half a century, a leading economist has warned

12.00:The FTSE 100 recovered from early bank-led falls thanks to miners driven higher by bid talk at Rio Tinto

A marked improvement in the fortunes of UK manufacturers has raised hope that the UK can finally pull out of recession by the end of the year

The surge in potential homebuyers which has boosted the property market is slowing in the face of higher house prices, according to the latest Hometrack report

National Australia Bank and Spain's Santander have emerged as the favourites to buy the 300-strong branch network of Royal Bank of Scotland

The Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced that there could be up to three new banks created on British High Streets over the coming years

The summer housing boom has helped Northern Rock cut the number of repossessed homes on its books

It should be the best possible news - figures show the US economy emerging from recession, growing at an annualised rate of 3.5%. But no

The Mail on Sunday's share-tipping column sees Topps Tiles relying on friendly staff to bring better times and updates on H&T

We are delighted that the Treasury Select Committee is looking at the impact of multiple credit searches on consumers as part of its investigation into the credit search sector. It is not possible for consumers to know what rate they