Accountancy firm KPMG has predicted that in 2009, the number of people declared to be insolvent will reach record levels.

New research has suggested that there is a possible link between the slump in house prices and the number of couples that file for divorce.

As warnings about identity theft continue to prevail, the government has admitted that statistically, one of its computers goes missing every day.

The Scottish National Party has spoken out against the government after a series of incidents in which important and confidential data was lost this year.

British financial institutions are facing up to £70 billion in losses on commercial property loans, it has been predicted.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has suggested that the decline in transaction activity may have finally reached rock bottom.

Bosses who disregard risk management in the workplace could serve up to two years in jail next year, an insurance broker has warned.

The 12 months spanning 2008 have been termed the year of lost data by Computing.co.uk.

All across the board the commercial property sector has been battered black and blue, it has been claimed.

An expert has claimed that the recent high profile data losses are undermining people's trust in an organisation's ability to hold their personal information securely.