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Home buyers in November used a smaller percentage of their income to cover their mortgage interest than at any time in the past five years, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).

Early gains among major miners helped boost the FTSE by 34.93 points (0.64%) to 5508.41 in early trading.

BRITAIN will have emerged from its deepest recession since the second world war when official data is released later this month, with the economy showing modest growth in the fourth quarter after 18 months of contraction, according to a respected economic...

Nearly a third of consumers believe the economy will worsen in 2010, research by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) suggests.

Nucleus has appointed former Standard Life chief operating officer Aileen Mathieson as chief financial officer (CFO).

A third man has been arrested by detectives investigating the murder of a financial adviser at his home in Northern Ireland last year.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) inspectors are increasingly using controversial powers to monitor suspected tax evaders, official figures suggest.

The Association of IFAs (AIFA) will step up its fight against the financial ombudsman (FOS) over its rule of charging advisers a fee even when they are cleared of any wrongdoing.

Artemis Strategic Assets, Cazenove Absolute UK Dynamic and Jupiter Absolute Return made the top 10 bestseller list through Hargreaves Lansdown's direct to consumer Vantage platform for the whole of 2009.

John McFall MP and chairman of the Treasury Select Committee, has received a Which? Consumer Champion award for his role in grilling bankers during the financial crisis.