Win a holiday

Housing slump 'could be over the worst'

Love the clients ... or let them go

Looking after the customers is even more important during a recession, but still be wary of trying to over-service them

Industry flies to the rescue

The credit crunch has shifted attitudes towards the role of manufacturing in the UK economy

Sitting pretty in the recession

They’ve started their own businesses in the face of adversity - meets the people whose lives have been boosted by the downturn

Bank injects £25bn more into economy

The monetary policy committee is expected to extend its controversial economic stimulus plan — perhaps for the last time

Life in the fast lane

There are few people who are more aware of Northampton's motor sport heritage than Patrick Morgan

Farm sales rebound, as rural idyll returns

Signs are emerging that lifestyle buyers have resumed their hunt for a farmhouse in the English countryside

Orders fall undermines services growth

Service companies expand for a second month but slowdown in new business adds to uncertainty over strength of upturn

Darling warns banks of return to risk-taking

Chancellor cautions that the City is in danger of sliding back into the culture that sparked the banking crisis

Britons pay off record £8.1bn on mortgages

Homneowners make u-turn on equity withdrawal to take advantage of low rates to make highest payment since 1970

New MPC member says recession may be over

The worst of the slump is probably over, but Britain is set for an 'anaemic' recovery, according to David Miles

Stock markets slide in US and Europe

Shares are savaged and optimism over a revival fades following increases in unemployment on both sides of the Atlantic

July 4 is now jobless day

Almost one in ten Americans of working age will be marking the Fourth of July celebrations jobless

David Miles needs to keep his distance

Closer links between the Bank of England and the FSA are to be welcomed, but there is a question of conflict of interest

ECB holds interest rate at record low of 1%

Central bank is expected to keep borrowing costs at an historic low for the rest of 2009 to combat the downturn

California declares state of fiscal emergency

Governor Schwarzenegger declares fiscal emergency with $2.8bn cash shortage and expected $24bn deficit

US unemployment soars as rate hits 26-year high

Dow plunges 6.3% as over 100,000 more Americans than expected lost their jobs in June, raising the US jobless to 9.5%