This appears to be the best incentive on the market yet, being inclusive of petrol models - both to trade in and take delivery of - and providing the biggest discounts we've seen yet, including £4,950 off a new Ford Focus.

Love it or loathe it, there's no denying that Mercedes' latest creation will turn heads. Powered by a 740bhp electric powertrain, this 5.7-metre-long barge on wheels can hit 62mph in 4 seconds. It was showcased for the first time this weekend in California during Monterey Car Week. Find out everything you need to know about the yacht-inspired luxury cruiser.

I am writing about your article on Paragon Time Trading last Sunday. I was contacted by Daniel Knight of Incrementum Funding, who over a few days persuaded me to invest £6,000 in Paragon shares on the promise of an imminent dividend of £135, which did arrive. More calls followed and I parted with a further £9,000. (Yes, I know. How stupid).

Motorists are being fleeced out of hundreds of pounds by apps that claim to make parking easier by using a mobile phone. The apps offer the convenience of helping motorists find spare car park spots and then taking payment online rather than finding and queuing at a ticket machine to pay with a card or loose change.

It is not just beachside bag snatchers that holidaymakers need to worry about - much bigger losses come from pickpocketing companies and scammers trying to overcharge you from the moment you book a trip abroad. Banks, airlines and car hire firms have become increasingly creative when it comes to hidden fees and sneaky tricks designed to rip off travellers.

Chinese investors are ploughing billions into the London property market – snapping up trophy assets such as the ‘Cheesegrater’ and ‘Walkie Talkie’ in the Square Mile. In a major vote of confidence in Brexit Britain, the Chinese bought £4 billion of commercial buildings in the capital in the first half of 2017, according to property agent CBRE. That was the highest amount on record and more than three times as much as they spent in the same period of last year, the six months leading up to the Brexit vote.

Bank of England Governor Mark Carney is to skip a key summit of top central bankers in Jackson Hole this week, sending a potential successor in his stead. It will leave Carney as the odd one out among his U.S. and European peers, with Federal Reserve boss Janet Yellen and European Central Bank president Mario Draghi both set to attend the prestigious three-day gathering in Wyoming which runs from Thursday to Saturday this week. A spokesman for the Bank of England said there was 'no specific reason' why Carney, 52, was missing out on the annual conference and stopped short of giving details of the governor's diary.

VAT accounted for 49 per cent of the extra tax take from investigations into SMEs by the Revenue’s compliance teams. This was a higher proportion than the previous year, when it made up 45 per cent.

The 55-year-old grandmother and car boot seller was living on benefits when a Gogglebox researcher happened to meet her in a pub in Brixton, South London. Channel 4 then hired her for the show, and sent her annual income soaring to around £100,000. She still travels everywhere by bus and says the most expensive item she has ever bought was a £40 bottle of perfume.

While women are more likely to be in charge of household bills and the family budget, they are far less likely to take the step into investing. Research by fund management group Fidelity discovered that while 43 per cent of women save money into a cash Isa, just 9 per cent invest in the stock market. According to the most recent Government figures, 5.1million women in the UK have a cash Isa but just 872,000 have a stocks and shares Isa. Yet there is a wealth of research to suggest that women make better investors than men. Kristina Wu, pictured, is the only one in her circle of female friends who invests in funds.

Video blogging sensation Zoella is boosting turnover at cosmetics firm SLG, which expects to pass the £40million barrier this year. The company is behind the Zoella Beauty range for the British fashion and beauty vlogger, who has notched up around a billion views on her YouTube channel - and has her own waxwork model at Madame Tussauds.

Thinking about heating and energy bills may feel odd during the warm summer months but savvy households should act now ahead of price rises this autumn. This month, British Gas - which earlier this year bragged of its winter price freeze - became the last of the Big Six energy providers to announce hikes. Francesca Hayden-Sims, pictured, can turn down her heating via her mobile phone when not at home.

In its latest half-yearly Income Study, asset manager Sanlam has made a 'White List' of UK Equity Income funds which have achieved the best combined income and growth over five years. It has also made a 'Black List' of consistent underperformers over the same period, which investors are advised to stay away from for the time being.

Scandi-lovers will adore this new mid-sized family SUV. It's smart, stylish (if relatively conservative) with a classy interior. And despite looking like a 4x4, it has the confident driving manners of a saloon car. If the range-topping XC90 off-roader's price tag is too hefty, this new, smaller second-generation mid-sized effort could be just the job. Much of its technology has been carried across, but scaled down.

Which should investors be right now, fearful or greedy? The advice from Warren Buffett is all well and good, but which market are we in right now? In this episode of the Investing Show, presenter Simon Lambert is joined by Justin Urquhart Stewart of Seven Investment Management to look at how investors should play it - and how they can invest at times of political uncertainty.

This Z4 concept was officially showcased at this year's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in California on Thursday ahead of the car going on sale in 2018. And what you see today is pretty much what you should expect to get in 12 month's time, with the German manufacturers promising that around 80 per cent of the concept design will filter through to the production model.

Buy-to-let was Britain's favourite investing hobby. Today, dinner party chatter is as likely to be about why the numbers didn't stack up for keeping your old flat, or buying another property. It's not that we've fallen out of love with bricks and mortar but tax hikes and regulations have snatched the wind from our sails and buy-to-let investors must be much more careful nowadays.

These days you can check into hotels, even those with an illustrious past, full-time as an owner because many are being turned into houses. In Hertfordshire, Harpenden's last hotel is set to become 37 homes, while a scheme of new apartments called 51 Degrees Latitude is being carved from a former hotel overlooking Tenby's South Beach. In Sheffield, the city's historic Beauchief Hotel will become 30 new homes and in Newquay, Cornwall, two hotels are being considered by the council for apartments.

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.

The amount you can save into a pension ultimately depends on what you can afford - but the longer you leave it the more you will need to save. We tend to put ambitious targets on our hoped-for income in retirement and then underestimate how much we will need to set aside to achieve that. So how much should you save?

Worries over debt in the economy have been raised in the latest bank Financial Stability Report in the wake of fresh speculation that interest rates may rise sooner than most expect. The latest MPC meeting led one investment bank, Nomura, to suggest a rate rise could come as soon as August. Economist George Buckley said comments from Bank chief economist Andy Haldane's and the 5-3 split made an early move more likely.

Compare your pay to the national average and see whether your employer treated you to a pay rise in line with the the rest of your profession. Farmers, care and air travel assistants were big winners on the pay scales in 2016. Travel agents, careers advisers and probation officers lost out.