Everyone loves a wedding but most couples are less enamoured of the cost - £27,364 on average, according to a recent survey by Brides magazine. So when Victoria and Rhys Leyton-Davies decided to get married they had one overwhelming aim: to avoid wedding day debt blighting the early years of their marriage.

Investing in brand new products or inventions is always a bittersweet game and our tip to invest in sugar substitute maker PureCircle in April 2010 has proved just so. The AIM-listed group has been developing sweeteners derived from a plant called Stevia rebaudiana - a natural product that offers sweetness without the calories. This sounds too good to be true, but the market for goods based on the stevia plant has grown fast and in principle this has proved a good bet and a technological innovation with a future.

The number of people whose home is worth at least £1million has increased by 8.3 per cent to 524,306 compared to last year, with the highest concentration in London and the South East. There are now more than 10,000 streets in the UK where the average property price is more than £1million, with nearly half of them, or 4,735, in the capital, according to Zoopla's property rich list.

The height of summer inevitably leads many of us to daydream about a beautiful home on the coast with a classic sea view and the outdoor lifestyle that goes with it. That idyll is simply too expensive for most people these days - or is it? It can be surprisingly affordable to own a home by the sea, says Graham Norwood.

I have raised a little cash in the last month, 5.7 per cent at month end, but confess to being reasonably sanguine about the Greek situation and its likely effect on the UK economy and equity market, writes our investing columnist. This saga has been going on for some time and it is difficult to see things getting much worse and in any case markets have had plenty of time to come to terms with the situation.

Osborne's new budget will see young workers, families of four and the self-employed all better off. Couples with joint earnings of more than £100,000 will see the biggest benefit with an extra £241 a year while retired people will also be more than £200 better of every year. But the changes are not good news for everyone. Low income families will be hit the hardest. Those families where one parent works earning £20,000 a year will be more than £2,000 worse off as the threshold at which tax credits are withdrawn is cut from £6,420 to £3,850 and benefits are capped at £23,000 in London and £20,000 elsewhere.

The bank rate was left on hold after the summer Budget and a week of market turmoil around the world that saw shares collapse in China. UK interest rates have been held at their historic low of 0.5 per cent since February 2009 and economists seem to agree that a rise will not come until at least next year.

Buy-to-let landlords are facing cuts to the amount of tax relief they can claim on mortgage interest payments from April 2017, George Osborne revealed in the budget today. In a move which will 'level the playing field for homebuyers and investors,' according to the Chancellor, the amount landlords can claim as relief will be set at the basic rate of tax - currently 20 per cent.

Chinese markets have suffered days of chaos and draconian measures by the Communist authorities to put a floor under plunging stock prices. Calm was just about restored on the Shanghai market by last night - but only after 50 per cent of stocks were suspended from trading, while company bosses and major investors were banned from selling up for the next six months. The share rout has wiped nearly a third off the value of the market since mid June - so just what is going on and how worried should investors be about money stashed in Asian funds?

Middle-class motorists with 'green' but expensive cars have been able to avoid road tax while poorer families driving older and dirtier models are paying hundreds of pounds a year. George Osborne announced yesterday that gas guzzlers will be subject to a surcharge and people who buy new eco-friendly cars, previously exempt from road tax, will also have to pay into a fund to improve the nation's roads. Angela and Mike Lathwood - pictured with their three children Abbie, 19, Cameron, 14, and Isabelle, six - have an Audi A5 and a BMW 3 series but say they would think twice before buying similarly desirable cars after the changes to road tax.

A price war over home internet will escalate on Friday when Sky announces it is to give away superfast broadband for free. The pay-TV giant is set to unveil its most audacious offer yet in a bid to poach households from arch-rival BT. Competition between the two providers intensified when BT began offering its sports channels to broadband customers free.

Last October, I paid £1,000 for a non-surgical filler treatment. The work was not satisfactory for several reasons. In December 2014 I contacted Barclaycard and they did agree to a refund. A month later Barclaycard phoned to say that as the practitioner had used an intermediary, I couldn't have a refund for the transaction. I did not understand the convoluted explanation.

This is a worrying time if you are an investor. Greece is on the brink of leaving the euro; U.S. interest rates could be hiked; bond markets may collapse; share prices in China are slumping; and the FTSE 100 slipped by almost another 2 per cent yesterday. It's no wonder many are panicking. So, should you be panicking, too?

Savers may find themselves thrown out of high-paying, fixed-rate deals if they want to ensure every penny of their nest egg is protected from any future banking crisis. Last week, the compensation limit for savings - the amount savers have protected with each bank should it go bust - was slashed from £85,000 to £75,000. But experts fear building societies and banks may be about to use this as a chance to dump customers out of higher-paying deals.

I like the idea of investing in retail bonds that pay good rates of interest but only seem to read about them once they are over-subscribed and closed to ordinary investors. Where can I find out about new ones so I can be at the front of the queue?

I am going to be driving around Europe with my own car over the summer. Do I have to take out extra insurance and breakdown cover, or will I be covered? How much cover can a UK insurer give me and what happens if I have an accident?

To clear the average national household debt of £13,000 at 6% interest with a monthly repayment of £100 will take around 17 years. There are, however, plenty of simple ways to make significant savings on your regular spending that could clear your debt - or boost your savings - in less than a year. This is Money's top 50 - updated - money-saving tips may appear light-hearted but are deadly serious.

Choosing the right DIY platform is crucial but a wealth of choice and changes to charges have left many investors scratching their heads. We pick some of the best. We also highlight why investing in an Isa makes sense, as it should protect your hopefully growing investments from tax forever.

Britain is out of its short-lived flirtation with deflation, with the consumer prices index up 0.1 per cent in the year to May, according to ONS figures. The news arrived the day before MPC minutes revealed another unanimous hold in June with the course still set for an initial base rate rise in the first half of 2016.

For many buy-to-let looks an attractive income investment in a time of low rates and stock market volatility. Climbing house prices, rising rents and improving mortgage deals are tempting investors - although they will need a big deposit. Read This is Money's top ten buy-to-let tips

The influence of financial services on the economy is spelled out again as City brokers steal top spot in this year's official list of highest earners. According to the detailed 2014 annual salaries survey, brokers pocketed around 40 times more this year than those at the bottom of the list - the people responsible for keeping children safe on the way to school. Lollipop crossing patrols earned around £3,400.