Piers Wehner

Dubai World will pay back $4.5bn of debt early, but wants to extend the deadline for the repayment of a further $10.5bn due in 2018 to 2022.

Former Newsnight anchorman Jeremy Paxman has been approached by the Conservative Party to run as its candidate for Mayor of London.

Julian Fellowes is leading a campaign to prevent a housing development in a Dorset hamlet that was once the home of Thomas Hardy.

A British property developer is being investigated in Brazil for alleged fraud over funds it raised to participate in a government housing scheme.

London has lost its position as the world’s number one financial centre to New York, according to an influential new survey.

A restaurant, the civil service social club and the QE2 conference centre could all be sold under plans unveiled by Labour.

Retailers are attempting to steal a march on each other by launching Black Friday deals as early as today.

At least 40p out of every pound spent this holiday season will be “digitally influenced” as shoppers use technology to research or buy their goods.

The Confederation of British Industry is calling for Chancellor George Osborne to pump investment into infrastructure ahead of the Autumn Statement.

Residential rents have fallen in October by an average of £40 to £878 a month, the biggest month-on-month fall since January 2010.

British gym chain Fitness First has announced plans to expand in India, investing more than £16m opening 30 gyms across the sub-continent.

A comprehensive study of England’s brownfield sites has shown that around 1m homes could be built with the need for concreting the countryside.