Baker Sarah Denyer is proud of her reputation for serving delicious cakes - but as she works hard to build her business she is furious that a slice of her income is being grabbed by a greedy bank. Sarah says she now has to hand over £1,000 a year to Lloyds for renting card reading equipment and pay a percentage of sales made by card. Like countless small businesses, her Windmill Bakery in Rottingdean, East Sussex, was caught up in Britain's race towards becoming a cashless society - and she is angry at the cost she pays for a service she did not really want.

From hero five years ago - when Woodford amid much excitement launched the first fund brandishing his name, Woodford Equity Income - to zero. Jeff Prestridge, who has followed every twist and turn of Woodford's rollercoaster career, looks at financial earthquake that has struck his business.

Battling insolvency at one of Britain's largest retailers, parachuting into the breach after a boardroom coup and sparring with an irate billionaire. Any of those on its own would be enough of a feat for even the most seasoned executive over an entire career - but Debenhams chairman Terry Duddy has done it all in five months.

Actress and model Madeline Smith earned less than £100 for her role as one of the first Bond girls opposite Roger Moore, who personally put her forward for the part. But she loved the role, she says, because she adored Roger Moore. Now 69, she reveals she has rarely been paid more than £9,000 a year in her entire life and used to hawk her belongings when she was in her early-30s in order to make ends meet.

Pollution, health, waste and joblessness - start-ups globally are finding solutions to the world's toughest problems and making money too. We talk to 10 innovators that are making a difference, as research suggests more young entrepreneurs put an emphasis on doing good.

Woodford Equity Income, which reached a peak size of £10.2bn in 2017 but now looks after just £3.7bn of savers money, has had a dismal run over the past three years. Part of this is due to investors pulling their money out of the fund, which is what led Woodford to freeze their money this week. But he has also made a string of bad bets on companies.

The research found that only four of 12 SUVs had the capacity for three or more child car seats using Isofix points at once. However, all four MPVs tested could take at least a trio of child seats.

The mutual has become the only current financial provider to offer a ten-year fixed-rate savings bond. It comes with a 2.5% rate - we ask the experts whether opening it is a wise move.

Parents have virtually no understanding that they could end up with a smaller state pension if they fail to fill in a child benefit form, according to Government research. One mum described herself as 'gutted' when she realised she had missed out on valuable credits towards her pension, while others admitted they didn't see the point in filling in a form for child benefit when they weren't entitled to get payments.

It was credited with creating the 'British It Bag' when it took New York by storm in 2010 but the Cambridge Satchel Company's aggressive expansion overseas has failed to stop the firm falling into the red. Accounts filed for the trend-setting company, which was set up by founder Julie Deane in her kitchen with just £600 a decade ago, show the company has now racked up losses of more than £10million.

A Chinese investor in Thomas Cook is in talks to buy the firm's tour operating business - a move that could lead to the break-up of one of Britain's oldest and best known travel companies. Fosun Tourism Group, which is already Thomas Cook's largest shareholder with an 18 per cent stake, informed the London-listed firm of its interest late last week.

City Developments - part of the Hong Leong Group owned by billionaire Kwek Leng Beng - tabled an offer worth 685p a share. M&C; stock jumped 35 per cent, or 175p, to 675p. City Developments already owns 65 per cent of the company and Kwek is M&C; chairman. It has already tabled bids worth £1.8bn and £2bn but failed to convince shareholders to back those earlier offers.

In a characteristically brief pre-close trading update, it said that sales for the past 12 months would likely reach £254million - a 17 per cent jump on last year - while profits will exceed £80million. The Nottingham-based company, which has seemingly swerved tough conditions on UK high streets, also paid out more than £5million in bonuses to staff for the second year running.

Instead of taking it easy, a growing number of over-50s are now delaying retirement by starting their own firm, fuelling a 'grey business' boom. We speak to seven business bosses who did just that - and give their tips and advice, including Jean Rasbridge, 67, pictured, who started a successful vaping company in her mid-50s.

According to the UK cybercrime reporting centre Action Fraud, more than 5,000 scam victims lost a total of £7million to holiday and travel-related fraud in 2018 - up from 4,300 victims in 2017. But what were the most common scams, and what warning signs should jet setters be aware of?

The average two-year fixed rate deal has fallen by 0.03 per cent from January to 2.49 per cent this month, while the average five-year fixed rate deal has decreased by 0.09 per cent to 2.85 per cent over the same period.

In February, intruders broke in to my home, using a blowtorch to burn off the locks on two PVC double-glazed doors to the conservatory and the kitchen. I claimed for two replacement doors with my home insurer, Ageas, as both doors and frames were damaged. At the time of my initial call, it offered a cash settlement of £717, even though it had no visual evidence of the damage.

Neil Woodford's Equity Income fund investors have been assured that while the value of their investment could rise or fall their money is safe, but they cannot get at it for at least 28 days... and they will still be charged fees. The shock decision to block withdrawals from the flagship fund has left many investors asking what will happen to their money. We answer the common questions.

After countless emails, hours of Googling, phone calls and no less than eight months of chasing, MARK MORGAN has just received a refund of £61.50, from Goldcar. The Madrid-based firm debited £1,140.16 from Mark's account as a deposit, but only refunded £1,084.48. The discrepancy of £55.68 was unexplained.

The shocking extent of inaccuracies in state pension forecasts was revealed by the current Pensions Minister, Guy Opperman, in a letter to a predecessor, Steve Webb. This follows Mr Webb's joint probe with This is Money into mistakes reported by our readers, who were misled into thinking they will get a higher state pension than they are due.

ALEX BRUMMER: Among all of Labour's crackpot schemes to destroy free market capitalism in Britain, none is more frightening than the proposed 'grab' of private land that the party has just unveiled. It is a move straight out of the Marxist playbook, a tactic regularly deployed by autocrats the world over with the aim of burnishing their revolutionary credentials - with dramatic consequences. What Labour is determined on is a new age of collectivism. Well, we know how disastrously that worked out in the former Soviet Union and elsewhere - famine and starvation. For modern day examples, look no farther than Zimbabwe and Venezuela, where the confiscation of large swathes of property from the landowners to be gifted directly to workers led to collapsing food production, economic slump, and was a factor in the hyper-inflation and widespread poverty that followed.

I am travelling to France and Spain this summer and will be driving for part of the trip. As there is still so much Brexit uncertainty, I don't know whether I will need to buy an International Driving Permit. Do I need to purchase one or can I drive with just my normal driving license?

In what has been hailed as a major victory for the country's 4.7 million rented households, the 'Tenant Fees Act' outlaws additional charges when a tenant signs up for a new property or renews a contract. These charges can range from arranging a viewing on a property to carrying out a reference check or renewing a contract, and typically add an extra £300 onto the cost of moving.

The new long-awaited 4X4 has moved a step closer to production after successfully completing a demanding programme supporting the lion conservation initiatives of animal welfare group Tusk in Kenya to help highlight the critical situation faced by lions across Africa.

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?

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.

Lower than expected inflation figures have added weight to expectations that interest rate rises will remain on hold throughout most of 2019. This combined with the Brexit extension is forecast to keep monetary policy steady, with rates held at 0.75 per cent. While unemployment is low and wages are rising, there are still concerns over Britain's consumer economy and business investment being stalled by continuing Brexit uncertainty.