Flexibility in employment contracts and arrangements is helping firms and workers combine to keep businesses going in the recession, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has said.

The commercial property market in the UK is at the bottom, making now a good time to invest, it has been argued.

In another case of family case details being made public, Earl Spencer's divorce from ex-wife Caroline is to go through one more hearing today that will see information on the case released.

The new law allowing divorce details to be made public has seen information about the case of a tycoon made available.

Over half the service sector jobs created in the UK over the past five years could be lost by 2011, a new report has warned.

The father of a man who faked his own death in a canoe accident so his wife could claim on the insurance cut him out of his will, it has been revealed.

Britons thinking of emigrating should make sure they have a will in place before they do, it has been advised.

Battling bankruptcy and business failure is something the government is particularly keen to do, a Labour politician has said.

The idea that employees should work without pay for a time to help a company get through the recession is a bad one, a representative of a labour law charity has said.

Repossessions could rise to as many as 120,000 by 2011, an expert has said.