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UK 1million workers now on zero-hours contracts
One million workers now on zero-hours contracts
A million workers are on zero-hours contracts, with some forced to accept work abroad, according to new research…
HSBC half-year profits rise to £9.2bn
HSBC said first-half profits grew 10 per cent to 14.1 billion US dollars (£9.2 billion) on a year earlier due to lower bad debts and…
Payday loan borrowers should 'fight back' says Citizens Advice
Payday loan customers are being urged to made an official complaint if they have been mistreated by a lender…
Roadside favourite Little Chef survives thanks to a £15m Kuwaiti buyout
Little Chef restaurants bought for £15m in Kuwaiti deal
Roadside restaurant chain Little Chef has been saved after being bought by a Kuwaiti company for £15million…
Sir Stelios plans easyFoodstore to slash weekly shopping bills
EasyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou is launching a low-cost food store business to rival budget supermarkets Aldi and Lidl…
File photo dated 18/09/12 of money as fifteen out of 50 payday lenders have thrown in the towel after being given a deadline by the trading watchdog to prove their business practices were up to scratch. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday July 30, 2013. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) said that 14 of the lenders have told it that they are leaving the payday market and another firm which failed to meet the deadline has said it is no longer operating as a lender. The watchdog has been carrying out a probe into "deep-rooted" problems within the industry, such as lenders encouraging struggling borrowers to roll over loans they cannot afford so that the debt balloons. Last month it referred the sector for a full-blown investigation by the Competition Commission. See PA story MONEY Payday. Photo credit should read: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire
Half of all Britons now struggling with debt
More than half of British adults are struggling to keep up with their bills and debts, a report reveals today…
Lloyds Banking Group back in profit
Lloyds Banking Group says it returned to profitability for the first time in three years with half-year profits of £2.1billion…
British Gas
British Gas to offer free electricity - but there's a catch
British Gas is to offer customers 'free electricity' on Saturdays. But there is a catch – weekday charges could increase…
HTC revenue warning
Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC has warned it expects its first ever operating loss in the third quarter…
British Gas owner profits rise 9% to 1.58bn
British Gas has been urged to freeze any further price rises as profits increased 3.2 per cent in the first half of the year to…
Cold spring helps EDF to £903m profits
Energy giant EDF has made £903 million profit in the UK after the coldest Spring in 50 years…
Next catalogue and online shoppers turn sales around
Next has fought back from a sales slump thanks to soaring online and catalogue shopping…
Barclays to sell £6bn in shares to shore up finances
Barclays will sell off £5.8billion in shares as part of a drive to balance the books in line with new capital regulations…
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No comeback for cut-price legal advice
Using cut-price legal advisers leaves thousands of people with no-one to turn to if things go wrong, the legal watchdog has warned…
Absolute Radio bought for £22m
Absolute Radio has been bought out by Bauer Media in a £22 million deal.…
Britain risks blackouts in two years in power crisis
Ofgem 'failing' consumers
Regulator Ofgem is 'failing consumers' by not taking action to ensure energy profits are transparent, according to MPs…
Publicis and Omnicom team up to create £23bn advertising giant
Two of the world's biggest advertising groups are merging to create a £23 billion giant responsible for promoting brands including Adidas, Guinness, Starbucks and Doritos…
UK
Archbishop 'embarrassed' over CofE Wonga links
The Archbishop of Canterbury has admitted he is 'very embarrassed' after it emerged the Church of England has been indirectly investing pension funds into controversial…
Touts using resale sites to flog 1,000s of fake tickets
Thousands of music fans are being duped into buying fake concert tickets by fraudsters exploiting flaws in the four biggest resale websites. …
Good news for economy as GDP grows 0.6 per cent in second quarter
Good news for economy as GDP up by 0.6%
Chancellor George Osborne can breathe a sigh of relief this morning after official figures showed GDP grew by 0.6 per cent in the second quarter…
UK
Cost of a wedding is £400 – and that's just for the guests
Cost of a wedding is £400 – and that's just for the guests
Weddings are an expensive affair for happy couples but guests do not escape unscathed, either…
Fighting talk: Church plans to put payday lender Wonga out of business
War on Wonga: Church plans to put payday lender out of business
The Archbishop of Canterbury has drawn swords with Wonga after he revealed the church plans to put the payday lender out of business - by…
Facebook to manually review thousands of pages after M&S, BSkyB suspended advertising in offensive content row
Facebook ad revenue boosts shares 18%
Fears Facebook's business model could flop as mobile use increases were quashed yesterday after the social network reported a surge in advertising revenue…
Is that online date just a conman after your cash?
The course of true love never did run smooth – and it’s becoming even bumpier thanks to the rise of online match-making…
House buying is funded by £2bn of parental cash
Parents are collectively paying out £2 billion a year to help their children on to the property ladder, says housing charity Shelter
Jane Austen to appear on £10 bank notes
Pride And Prejudice author Jane Austen will appear on £10 notes from 2017, the Bank of England said today…
RBS
Watchdog fines RBS £5.6million
Royal Bank of Scotland has been hit with a £5.6million fine for failing to properly report deals made on wholesale money markets…
Cable says BoE is 'capital Taliban'
Vince Cable has criticised the Bank of England for imposing restrictions on lenders that could hamper growth…
Former Spurs players are Spanish business hit
Six former Tottenham Hotspur players are hitting the mark off the field with a Spanish nightclub, bar and restauant business…
Premium bond prize pot slashed by £8m
Millions of premium bond holders have had their prizewinning chances cut because the monthly pot has been slashed by nearly £8 million.…
Cussons closes three Sanctuary spas
Bentley's new SUV will create 1,000 jobs
Fewer businesses go bust for second month in a row
McDonald's profits rise 4% but sales struggle in Europe
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Detroit files for bankruptcy