Business
- Mpc Was 'split' Over Rate Decision
- The majority of the Bank of England rate-setters voted to keep rates on hold but one voted for a cut, another for a rise.Read the full story....
- New Chief Exec For Northern Rock
- Nationalised bank Northern Rock has announced the appointment of Barclays director Gary Hoffman as its chief executive.Read the full story....
- Mortgage Advisers 'fail' Consumers
- Fewer than one in ten mortgage brokers are providing acceptable advice to consumers.Read the full story....
- Ftse Closes At 5449.9
- Rising financial stocks and hopes the worst of the credit crunch may be over helped the FTSE 100 Index power ahead.Read the full story....
- Passport Staff Go On Strike
- Thousands of family holidays could be hit by a passport workers strike.Read the full story....
- Economic Confidence Slumps
- Confidence in the economy is lower than during the 1979 winter of discontent, a poll has showed.Read the full story....
- Firms 'go Green' To Beat Credit Crunch
- Companies are focusing on energy efficiency as a cost-saving measure to beat the credit crunch.Read the full story....
- Collapsed Banks Should Compensate Customers
- The Bank of England's governor Mervyn King said that banks should pay money into a fund aimed at compensating customers.Read the full story....
- Supermarkets Launch Petrol Price War
- Three of Britain's biggest supermarkets have launched a petrol price war.Read the full story....
- Property Sales Down 45%
- The number of homes changing hands has nearly halved during the past year, figures show.Read the full story....
