There are some achingly simple ways to cut the cost of car insurance premiums, saving up to £470 a year

A couple's Spanish dream is in ruins as their home cracks up and an insurer refuses to pay out

The bill for last week's devastating flooding in Cumbria, Dumfries and southern Scotland could top £100m

New ITV chairman Archie Norman is expected to charge millions of viewers to watch all but the broadcaster's main channel

Thousands of jobs at British chocolate maker Cadbury could be lost after US giant Hershey indicated that it may launch a takeover

The Mail on Sunday's share-tipping column reviews its Dogs of the Footsie portfolio of high-yielding stocks

Our summary of what the business pages are reporting from the financial world this week

Bids for chocolate giant Cadbury could be derailed by its powerful board of pension trustees, who must be shown that any buyer can deal with its deficit

Marks & Spencer is expected to pay new chief executive Marc Bolland a 'golden hello' of about £5m

Gaming giant Gala Coral is hoping for a bidding war after private equity group Blackstone tabled an unexpected offer last week

Financial data provider Markit Group is heading for a £3bn sale, landing founder Lance Uggla - who started business in a barn - a £240m windfall

The sale of book and CD chain Borders, which began four months ago, appeared to be floundering this weekend

Sir Richard Branson is understood to have made a bid to take a controlling stake in National Lottery operator Camelot

City Minister Lord Myners has urged big investors to set up an organisation to act as a watchdog to keep company boards under control

Some businessmen's success owes as much to luck and timing as it does to naked talent and Archie Norman's arrival at ITV might prove this

It's hard to choose the better ending to a decade of make believe: Belle de Jour's self-exposure or the pile of IOUs in the Queen's Speech

Builder's merchant Wolseley is often regarded as a bellwether of the economy and when it suffers, it does not bode well for others

Just when we thought the 'great panic' had driven off the private equity locusts, they look to be swarming back

Lloyds Banking Group is tomorrow expected to hail a complete take-up of its new bonds known as 'CoCos' as part of its capital raising efforts

The number of empty homes in England reached its highest level for five years during 2008, research showed today