Those letting out commercial property to retail firms are being urged to be more flexible with rent terms, as quarterly payment demands are threatening the future of businesses who are struggling.

Those investing in buy-to-let property are increasingly turning to fixed-rate mortgage deals to fund their acquisitions, new research has indicated.

Workers at a food packaging plant in Wrexham are facing redundancy after it was announced the factory will close down.

HSBC has revealed it is 1,200 jobs from its UK workforce as it seeks to lower its costs.

A survey of the private rental sector in Scotland has found that most tenants are happy with their landlords.

Residential landlords are being duped into losing a collective £3 million a year by the charges letting agents are imposing on them, it has been stated.

Landlords should act like "prudent business people" when it comes to assessing their residential property portfolios, the National Landlords Association chairman David Salusbury has said.

The number of redundancies among employees at the Royal Bank of Scotland is not certain, its chief executive Gordon Pell has admitted.

A major commercial property transaction has seen a retail development in Bradford being bought for £4.74 million.

Actor John Cleese has succeeded in getting his divorce settlement halved as a result of the credit crunch.