2012

Britain's double-dip recession is not as deep as previously feared after revised figures showed a smaller contraction in the second quarter of the year.

A controversial 'savings' provider will return thousands of pounds after concerns were raised about the safety of depositors' cash.

675,000 electricity customers in Northern Ireland have received a boost after Power NI said this morning it is cutting prices. The news is in stark contrast to yesterday's announcement by Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE) that it is raising costs.

Scottish students with low family incomes who study at a Scottish university will get more cash towards living costs from next year.

Santander will become the latest lender to raise its standard variable mortgage rate (SVR), in a massive blow to hundreds of thousands of homeowners.

Scottish & Southern Energy has become the first of the big six energy firms to announce a price rise in time for winter, in a bitter blow to millions of households.

Troubled hotel chain Travelodge has moved to reassure customers bookings are safe after it announced it will offload 10% of its hotels.

Santander has seen a big improvement in customer satisfaction but that hasn't stopped it maintaining the unwanted ignominy of being the worst of the major banks for customer service, in a poll of MoneySavingExpert.com users.

Orange and T-Mobile's owner is set to steal a march on its rivals after being given the go-ahead to launch superfast mobile internet on the 4G network.