The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined how it plans to regulate consumer credit – including the payday loans industry – when it takes on the...
UK regulators are not backing down against bad behaviour in the financial sector, according to research carried out by audit firm EY. The study looked at...
Some of the UK’s biggest banks have come under fire for funding the Indonesian coal boom, which campaigners say is damaging the environment and threatening the...
Talks must begin now on the world’s ‘carbon budget’, leading economist and expert on climate change Lord Stern has warned. On Friday, the Intergovernmental Panel on...
The chancellor George Osborne has said that he does not want the UK to be at the forefront of efforts to prevent climate change, as the...
Businesses, organisations and tourists are celebrating World Tourism Day 2013. Co-ordinated by the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), the theme for this year focuses on how...
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said it is in the public interest to prosecute former Green Party leader Caroline Lucas, after she was arrested at shale gas drilling site...
Several innovative UK technology companies have won a business opportunity to visit China to explore greener approaches to manufacturing. The six-day mission was organised by the...
Business leaders in Bristol and Plymouth have announced that the cities have jointly become the UK’s first social enterprise cities. The unveiling, which took place on...
The controversial HS2 high speed rail project has been “totally mismanaged” and should be dropped if there are better ways to spend the £50 billion required,...
FTSE 100 companies lack the confidence to commit to financial projections after the 2008 crash, a new study has revealed. Research by analysis consultancy Metapraxis shows...
Blue & Green Tomorrow has acquired ethical investment website Worldwise Investor to strengthen its investment and finance output. The deal, which will see Worldwise rebranded as...
More than two-thirds of charitable organisations fail in obtaining loans from high street banks, according to a survey by the Charity Technology Trust (CCT) and commissioned...
With a year to go until Scotland votes over its future as part of the UK, the country’s government has approved the largest tidal power array in Europe, capable of powering the...
A leading social enterprise has teamed up with sustainable bank Triodos to raise £5m in bonds that will help preserve the legacy of London 2012, just...