Bank customers are complaining about the service and products they receive in higher numbers than ever before, with the financial ombudsman now receiving 1,500 complaints every day about payment protection insurance alone.

Investors fled the stock, taking £1billion off its value, after Burberry admitted sales ground to a halt and then started to fall in the past few months.

The number of homes sold over the summer months held steady, despite a slight slowdown in August, when prices fell more slowly than expected, according to The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' (RICS).

The retail group, which is owned by Associated British Foods, is one of the few chains on the High Street to emerge unscathed from the wet summer and the distractions of the Olympics.

Lenders are keen to gain money at the outset of a mortgage deal rather than hoping the borrower will stay the term. Meanwhile, low headline rates attract borrowers, who are then sucked in to paying the high upfront fees.

The Reform think-tank found public sector workers earns £14.88 an hour for 31 hours and 12 minutes per week, yet the typical private sector worker earns £11.60 and must work an extra three hours

Demand for staff from private firms increased, especially for short-term contracts, with healthcare workers the most sought after employees in August.

The Premium Gold account, which is offering a 3.75% rate, beats the next closest offering, from the Post Office, by 0.24 percentage points.

Brokers like Caroline Burke (pictured) are reporting banks refusing to lend to some borrowers in their 60s and even in their 50s if the loan stretches beyond traditional retirement age.

In a groundbreaking tie-up, the UK's second-biggest travel company - which is struggling with its debt burden - will use the easyJet seats as part of its package holidays for next summer, a report claims.

Millions of music and book lovers regularly download digital files such as songs by chart-topper Rita Ora. But do they really own them? And what happens if a laptop containing a valuable record collection is stolen?

Among the best cashback credit cards are American Express Platinum Cashback, Capital One Aspire World MasterCard, Santander 123 MasterCard and Creation Financial Services Cashback MasterCard.

A ‘Delay Repay’ compensation scheme means that passengers delayed by thirty minutes to an hour can claim a 50 per cent refund for a single ticket. Chris Spann got a full refund, but only after waiting seven weeks.

October 1 marks the launch of pension ‘auto-enrolment’. Lynne Newton and Lucy Richards responded to a NEST campaign on how best to advertise its role and encourage people to save.

Under the Fuel Saver Scheme, customers can buy shopping gift cards at Morrisons’ tills for 34 retailers including Currys,

There are growing fears that Lloyds TSB and RBS’s decision to restrict some customers to using only their bank’s cashpoints will have adverse knock-on effects. Alex Sanchez-Garcia says regular access to cash is important.

It is the first time new merchandise has been reduced in price as soon as it hits the shop floors in some stores. The unprecedented move follows declining sales this summer.

There is a large beech tree in my garden which is now the subject of a park preservation order. I have been told I need £1m of public insurance in case a falling branch hurts someone or causes damage. Where should I go?

Focusing hard on their financial futures will give the nation’s secondary school students the chance to win one of the latest iPads in our fabulous new competition. Romy Barton won last year's competition.

The supermarket group already offers mortgages, savings, insurance and four credit cards, but says the new cards will offer higher rewards. But both new cards have high interest rates.

FirstBuy allows qualifying buyers to buy a new-build property with a mortgage of just 75 per cent of its value.

Jason Hollands at independent financial adviser Bestinvest says up-and-running 'physical' infrastructure such as schools are a major attraction for investors.

Speaking as the Government prepares to begin its landmark auto-enrolment scheme, Dr Altmann said that pensions are seen as 'final and quite frightening'.

The pre-crisis orthodoxy was that a company has a duty to shareholders to minimise wage and tax bills. But it is an idea that has reached its limits. Business 'success' that harms a company’s home country is hollow.

Markets rallied after the ECB's 'big bazooka'. However, money does not come free. And to keep Germany even reluctantly at the table, Draghi made it clear that there would be ‘conditionality’ attached.

Harriet Vine and Rosie Wolfenden (pictured) expect sales at their jewellery firm, Tatty Devine, to rise nearly 40 per cent to £1.6million, thanks to its regular use of social media.

Santander has been forced to climb down over its plans to force all small business customers on to fee-paying accounts.

Rob Knight (pictured) and Dawn White are cleaning up after promoting their Ecoegg laundry pellets on television shopping channel QVC.

The number of firms using asset-based finance to raise money rose by four per cent in the last quarter compared with the previous year.

The property market has been buffeted by the struggling economy, banks fears and the distortion of the end of the first-time buyer stamp duty holiday. But can house prices continue to hold their own. We analyse the latest reports.