One in four current account holders would switch providers if they thought the process would run smoothly, a new study has claimed. The research by M&S...
The hot British summer has provided a welcome boost to solar power, which the industry says now often outperforms wind on sunny days. There are almost...
An agreement has been reached over the importing of low-cost solar panels from China to the EU, two months after the European commission imposed a temporary...
A 21-year-old man has been arrested by police in Manchester after allegedly making rape and death threats to a female campaigner on Twitter. Caroline Criado-Perez, who...
Extreme weather fuelled by climate change represents the biggest threat to British agriculture, according to the president of the National Farmers’ Union. In an interview with...
One of the defences in the Church of England’s clerical kerfuffle over its indirect seed funding of payday lender Wonga (APR 5,853%), was that investment managers...
The day after the archbishop of Canterbury said he would try and compete payday lenders like Wonga “out of existence”, it was revealed that the Church...
An Australian activist who allegedly created a fake press release that caused a $300m drop in a major coal company’s share price has been released on...
Early 19th century author Jane Austen will be the face of the next set of £10 notes, the Bank of England has announced. The decision to...
The Church of England invests part of its £5.5 billion portfolio indirectly in Wonga, the same payday lender that this week the archbishop of Canterbury said...
One in five people who have previously not received financial advice plan to do so in the future to prepare for retirement, according to new research....
Private investor Catherine Ayres explains her motivations for investing £10,000 in Stockwood Community Benefit Society (CBS), a trust created to put Rush Farm and Stockwood Business Park...
Ed Gill, head of external affairs at Good Energy, describes why the firm’s ethical approach is a winner on many fronts. Energy companies are currently suffering...
Sir Philip Green, CEO of Arcadia Group, which owns Topshop, Burton and BHS, is yet to sign an agreement to secure safe working conditions for workers...
The government needs to go further and act faster in its support of economist John Kay’s recommendations on how to make the financial services industry more...