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Worries over the situation in Greece and Spain sent shares down on the opening on Friday, with Spain's blue chip index falling by over 2% before recovering,

The UK government needs to do more to tackling the country’s growing risk of a housing crisis, three housing groups warned today. A new report produced jointly by the

Apprenticeship schemes should be at least a year long in order to benefit the individuals taking part and the businesses they work in, MPs said today. In a new

British prime minister David Cameron has pledged do all that he could to secure the UK's financial system and is urging Europe to deal with its currency crisis. Yesterday,

The European Central Bank (ECB) has decided to stop refinancing operations with a number of banks in troubled Greece, according to a Reuters report, triggering a

The Bank of England announced today that it has lowered its forecast on the UK's economic growth for 2012 to 0.8% from 1.2% and said that inflation is

UK unemployment fell by 45,000 between January and March 2012, according to figures released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The unemployment rate for the three months

UK exports rose slightly in March and the deficit in trade in goods and services narrowed to GBP2.7bn, from GBP2.9bn in February, the Office for National Statistics reported

This info graphic looks at the cheapest way to borrow £100 on a short term basis from four different solutions. The case study focuses on Peter, who represents