What will business look like in the future and who are our future leaders? This is the final instalment (until next time) in our series speaking...
The government has come under scrutiny over its latest fuel poverty figures, which show that even though there has been a reduction in numbers since its...
Bonds are a form of debt. Essentially they are like an IOU where the investor loans money to a company, the government or another organisation. The...
Lord Myners’ has labelled the Co-operative Group’s board as “manifestly dysfunctional” in his review into the governance structure of the organisation. He added that the group...
The crisis at the Co-op Bank can be blamed on bad management and governance and a “culture of mediocrity”, according to a damning new report dissecting...
The Labour party is reviewing its “financial arrangements” and could move loans worth more than £1 million to social bank Unity Trust breaking ties with the...
The chairman of the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) has said the government-owned bank should eventually be owned by the private sector. Speaking at the National...
Financial education in schools and colleges could boost the UK’s chances of long-term, sustainable economic growth and is key to improving the life chances of young...
The private equity industry believes responsible investment is “here to stay”, with a recent event in Brussels championing the case for taking long-term non-financial factors into...
Lord Turner, the former chairman of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), has condemned what he calls “debt pollution” within the UK economy. Delivering a lecture in...
The amount of money lent through the peer-to-peer sector increased by 121% in 2013, when compared to the previous year, figures from the Peer-to-Peer Finance Association...
The government has revealed details of the social investment tax relief, which aims to encourage investors to consider the social impact of their investments as well...
Britain’s first “social supermarket” opened its doors on Monday hoping to tackle food poverty, just days after a food poverty charity announced it has helped more...
The government is to introduce new legislation that will see the cost of taking out a payday loan capped, after a cross-party group of MPs backed...
By injecting new money into the economy, the government could create a more sustainable recovery, according to a campaign body calling for reform of the financial...