UK firms without flexible working ‘will struggle to hire in next five years’
Entrepreneur hoping to be Tory mayoral candidate makes prediction as 4 Day Week Campaign prepares mini-manifesto
Garden water butts get a long overdue design makeover
Traditional plastic rain barrels have often been hidden away but greater focus on conservation drives design changes
Nationwide’s £100 payouts labelled ‘unfair’ by some customers
Longstanding members angry at being excluded from £340m cash giveaway, which starts next week
Tories can rule out any pre-election feelgood factor from property market
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Which? reports Tesco to CMA over pricing of Clubcard offers
Consumer group contends that supermarket’s failure to provide unit prices could amount to ‘misleading practice’
HSBC temporarily withdraws mortgage deals for new borrowers
Bank removes all its ‘new business’ residential and buy-to-let products after surge in demand
UK’s biggest banks urged to increase ‘measly’ savings rates
MPs question why some savers are receiving only 0.25% despite 12 consecutive Bank of England interest rate rises
UK house prices experience annual fall for first time in decade, data shows
Price of average home in May was 1% lower than in same month last year, according to Halifax figures
UK’s top bosses paid millions despite cost of living crisis, annual reports show
Bumper earnings for National Grid and M&S chiefs come as energy firms and supermarkets are accused of ‘greedflation’
International air fares likely to keep rising, says aviation group
Passengers can expect to pay more as carriers turn to ‘greener’ fuel to meet emissions targets, warns Iata
Housebuilders cut back on construction as UK mortgage rate rises spook buyers
Work on residential building sites slips in May to weakest level since 2009
UK banks pull hundreds more home loan deals as fixed mortgage rates rise
Mortgage market turmoil prompts record numbers of people to take out loans of more than 35 years
Women’s private pensions worth 35% less than men’s in Great Britain
Survey is first major government study into what has been termed ‘the great gender pension chasm’
Mortgages: UK lenders continue to raise rates and pull deals
Record 19% of all loans taken out by first-time buyers in March were for 35 years or longer
Thames Water accused of ‘flimsy PR stunt’ over bonus as boss’s pay swells
Sarah Bentley lands £1.5m despite saying she would shun bonus amid criticism of water companies