Clothing retailer Ethel Austin and its sister firm Au Naturale go into administration, raising fears about the future of 3,700 staff.

Shareholders in UK companies saw their dividend payments cut by £10bn last year, according to a report.

Workers face a second year of pay freezes despite rising inflation and the UK's emergence from recession, a report says.

The former chief executive of Merrill Lynch, John Thain, was at the heart of the bonus row - now he has a new job as boss of US lender CIT.

Pensioners have been warned to look out for mistakes in the millions of tax code notices being sent out by HM Revenue & Customs.