October spending rise surprises retailers
British retail sales rose more than expected in October and at their sharpest rate in three months, according to a CBI survey published today.
The employers' organisati...
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Government runs out of credit with banks
The analogy is vivid enough: plonk a frog into a pan of water that is being heated one degree at a time and the cold-blooded amphibian will boil to death; drop the same f...
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Poverty pay and debt
Three years ago the Low Pay Unit was predicting that tax credits would become a subsidy for low-paying employers (Our subsidy to low pay, October 29). While they have pro...
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London wants to license growing number of rickshaws
London's pedal-powered rickshaws, loved by tourists but loathed by taxi drivers, are to face a crackdown to prevent them gridlocking streets around the capital's West End...
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UK manufacturing shows small increase
UK manufacturing picked up moderately in October but stayed well below levels recorded earlier in the year, a survey revealed today.
The manufacturing purchasing manager...
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Credit card industry suffers as consumers shop around
So-called "rate tarts" who swan about from one credit card provider to another looking for 0% finance deals are costing the industry around ?1bn a year, according to figu...
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Trouble in store over offers of 'free' interest
Financial writers should know better when it comes to what lurks in the small print of loans. But, like doctors who smoke, driving instructors who break the speed limit a...
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Taking a health cheque on pay
Doctors and other health professionals topped the pay league last year, according to official data this week which showed average pay rates jumped by 4.7% in April 2004. ...
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Super plonk
What does a man look like after 195 years in jail? This is the hefty price an alleged wine fraudster will have to pay if he is found guilty by a Colorado court for taking...
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Paying the price
Guess who still got the gravy: a Merseyside father of two, who lost his job for a short while, after taking out a small loan; or a disgraced former MP, who was made bankr...
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