In many cases the term 'barn find' describes a model of significant worth, hidden away and neglected for years, potentially subjected to the elements and sometimes occupied by a family of wild animals during years without use. However, after 21 years in storage, this 1978 Datsun 260Z looks to be in incredible condition and it's tipped to fetch £22,000 at auction.

A friend of mine borrowed £6,000 from me six years ago and they've never paid it back. Since then she has changed her address frequently and has been very hard to contact. We have located her at her current address but would like advice on how to go about asking her for the final sum to be repaid.

A reader arrived in the US after a nine hour flight only to be told the Ford Focus he and his family had booked was not available. Avis offered an upgrade instead. Only Mr Turnbull thought it would be free.

Earlier this year I received a vehicle tax demand for £0.00 for my super-green little car. I have now been forced to stump up an £80 fine or face court action for failing to pay this tax. While suffering clinical depression, I had binned the initial demand for no money. I did receive a further letter, offering me a 'last chance' to tax my car, but I remained baffled. How do you pay tax of nil? Would the bank take the cheque seriously? When I received the penalty demand I appealed and at the request of the Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency supplied detailed evidence of my medical condition. The agency clearly decided I was not depressed enough and said that if I did not pay the penalty, it would take me to court.

British business growth rebounded in the three months to August shaking off some of the European Union referendum blues, but expansion is still far below the rate seen last year. The latest survey from the CBI will fuel the simmering row over how well the economy is bearing up after the Brexit vote amid a flurry of conflicting data. The CBI's growth indicator stood at +8 per cent, slightly up from the +5 per cent figure recorded in July.

Protecting the family's finances against the consequences of serious illness - or even death - is challenging in a difficult economic climate. But there are ways to prioritise cover and keep a lid on premiums. Working nine to five is enough to drive you crazy if you let it, as the song goes. But if you have to give up your job as a result of a serious accident or ill health - or worse, die prematurely - the resulting loss of income can quickly generate greater grief for a family as any savings drain away. Financial support from the State is limited - and only some employers will lend a helping hand. Building a personal financial safety net can reduce money worries.

Peter Scott has form. Now 69, he has been in the advertising industry for almost 40 years, during which time he has built up a string of small businesses into huge, international enterprises. In 1979, he co-founded WCRS, one of the fastest-growing agencies of the 1980s. Ten years later, he took part of that business and developed it into Aegis, ultimately sold for £3.2 billion to a Japanese company. And in 2004 he created marketing business Engine Group, which was sold for £100 million a decade later. Now he is hoping to repeat past success at Be Heard Group, an agency focused exclusively on the digital world. Its services range from designing websites to helping firms steer through the complex world of online advertising. 

Motor dealers absolutely adore this time of year as people flock through the door to put a deposit on a car adorned with the latest number. But that doesn't mean the salesman has to be in the position of strength when it comes to negotiating the price you pay. We've teamed up with car buying site CarWow to tell you which models have the biggest savings.

Developers cottoned on to this idea decades ago, offering a chance to live in an historic site, but without having to take financial responsibility for the entire estate. Certainly that's what appeals to Peter Webber, a buyer at Clevedon Hall Estate in Somerset. He bought a two-bedroom house in the grounds of the listed mansion, which was once owned by the sugar refinery magnet, Conrad William Finzel, and he has no regrets.

The company, which listed on the Alternative Investment Market in May, has pencilled in revenue expectations of £131million for the year and forecast a 12 per cent jump in UK sales. Established in 1989 by Tom Joule, the brand started out by selling typically British all-weather clothes with a contemporary twist at horse shows and country fairs.

A sketch by YouTube comedians Trip & Tyler that has attracted 14million hits illustrates the chaos of the average conference call. Played out in 'real life', with the participants sitting around a boardroom table, the four-minute video incorporates the incessant buzzing, beeps and awkward pauses that make these virtual meetings so aggravating. It is estimated that 13 minutes - or around a third of these sessions - are wasted trying to patch people or repeating information for the late-comers.

'Living on a small island there's not many job opportunities, you've got to create your own,' says the founder of Hebridean Sea Salt. Natalie Crayton, 34, set up the firm on the Isle of Lewis in 2011. Now Crayton, who has four employees, has won a £180,000 deal with Sainsbury's that will see it launch into 360 stores. It is the firm's first UK-wide deal.

The most fuel-efficient car tested is the Vauxhall Astra 1.6 CDTi 110 Ecoflex, which returned 56.3mpg. Even this, though, is a long way short of the 83.1mpg the official figures say you'll get.

Moneyfacts said the average easy access rate on offer is now just 0.49 per cent, down from 0.54 per cent on August 1. Fixed deals have tumbled too since the Bank's unprecedented action. Even if you are willing to tie up your money for two years, major High Street banks are paying below 1 per cent.

In March, I was set to leave Virgin Media - but it enticed me in with a cheaper annual deal. However, it has now written to me to say prices are going up £3.49 a month. Is this fair? I have spoken to its customer service team but was told everyone must pay this new amount. It seems wrong to me.

Fifty-one per cent of adults under 25 say they regularly worry about money, and 21 per cent lost sleep as a result, the National Debtline survey found. However the soaring debt levels cannot merely be attributed to excessive spending. On the contrary more than two thirds of 18 - 24 year olds have set a budget that they try to stick to, and 71 per cent check their balance through online banking at least once a week.

A former car dealer tells us why the plate change, Budget statements and the World Cup can severely reduce the amount of money you get for a car you have for sale. The type of vehicle you're advertising is also impacted by the time of year - find out when's best to sell a 4x4 or convertible.

Britain's biggest builder of homes for retired people, warned it will struggle to hit its growth targets this year after seeing 'some weakness' in the housing market since the end of June. It said reservations of its homes in the last two months were lower than earlier in the year, while cancellations have been higher. Chief executive Clive Fenton warned that 'prolonged housing market weakness' could derail its plans to build and sell 15pc more homes in the next 12 months.

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz issued a bleak presdiction that 'Europe, the source of the Enlightenment, the birthplace of modern science, is in crisis'. The euro, he argues, was a mistake from the beginning, and the 'social and political consequences' of the European elite's folly 'have been disastrous'.

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.

Now that we've voted ourselves out of the EU, it's time to work out how we're going to trade in future with all its 27 member countries - and the other 27 countries it has deals with. So how do other non-EU members trade with the bloc and would any of their models suit us?

Asked on Radio 4's Today programme if there was a real prospect of a further cut in rates before the end of the year, the Bank's Ben Broadbent said, 'that's true'. Bank rate was cut yesterday to 0.25 per cent from its already record low level of 0.5 per cent, where it had remained for more than seven years.

Musicians have seen pay rises averaging nearly 20 per cent in 2015, while cleaners are getting 17.8 per cent more, and window cleaners 12.3 per cent. Artists in general are earning 14.6 per cent more in 2015 than 2014, according to the huge annual data dump of pay scales by the Office For National Statistics highlights.