Bridget O’Connell

“CVAs completely undermine the rules for trading with other retailers who play it straight and pay their rents,” Oakeshott said.

Government set to announce a raft of new measures it hopes will kick-start a “housing revolution”.

On Friday Court of Appeal judges rejected claims by Property Alliance Group against RBS, while calling the bank’s behaviour “deeply shocking”.

Foreign secretary faces London Assembly oversight panel over costs and disputed deals with scrapped city project.

Mortgage approvals bounced back in January as borrowers and banks shrugged off the base rate hike from 0.25% to 0.5%.

Carpetright the latest retailer to run into very heavy going issues third profit warning.

The noodle bar chain yesterday reported an 8.2% jump in its UK like-for-like sales in the third quarter, an acceleration on the 7.1% growth seen in the second quarter.

Exceptional items drag profits at housebuilder.

There are fears that other high-street retailers could follow Toys R Us and Maplin into financial crisis as City analysts warned that the gloom engulfing the sector was likely to…

Unexpected dip in property market marks weakest growth in six months, says Nationwide.