Random spot checks have found "significant" breaches of health and safety legislation on construction sites in Cheshire, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced.

It has been claimed that one of the primary responsibilities of human resources (HR) should be to help senior management lead by example and project confidence.

The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has revealed that the percentage of first-time buyers in the housing market has climbed for the third month in a row.

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called on the government to increase the tax-free limit on redundancy pay to £50,000.

The UK has seen the value of UK commercial property loans that are in breach of their agreed terms increase by more than 300 per cent in the last six months, it has emerged.

An expert has claimed that the tenancy deposit protection scheme may be beneficial to renters such as the elderly or infirm.

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has claimed that many people are facing up to the prospect of being made redundant for the first time in their lives.

An NHS doctor being held captive and forced into marriage in Bangladesh has reportedly been released and is retuning to the UK.

Madonna has handed ex-husband Guy Ritchie a divorce payout of up to £60 million, according to her spokesperson.

Rightmove has forecast that house prices will fall by a further ten per cent in 2009.