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What will happen to interest rates for savers and mortgages in future? Is the government's bank rescue plan a good deal for taxpayers? Business editor Paul Hill spoke to Matthew Bullock, chief executive of the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society.
10 October 2008
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There was certainly no sign of panic from Alistair Darling in the Commons. But as the financial markets continued to fall, there was mounting fear, says political editor Chris Fisher, of the crisis moving to High Streets and production lines.
07 October 2008
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Mortgage-lending has fallen to a record low. A second British bank has been nationalised. And now US congressmen have thrown out a $700bn deal to bail out the American banking system. Business editor Paul Hill asks, when will the credit crisis end?
30 September 2008
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Age equality campaigners yesterday lost a key fight in the battle to banish the compulsory retirement age in the UK.But were they trying to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut? Public affairs correspondent Shaun Lowthorpe reports.
24 September 2008
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The markets have bounced back, largely as a result of extraordinary moves by the US government, says political editor Chris Fisher. But will it last?
20 September 2008
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Despite his re-polished economic credentials, the prime minister will be on trial at the Labour conference. And if he does not excel, says political editor Chris Fisher, his premiership could end a few weeks later.
19 September 2008
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Nick Clegg's Lib Dems have swung rightwards to an income tax-cutting agenda. But their hopes still rest, says political editor Chris Fisher, on a hung parliament.
18 September 2008
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As the motorists’ organisations express anger that the fall in the cost of crude oil is not being reflected at the pumps, Lorna Marsh asks why drivers are not gaining from the lower prices – and who is.
11 September 2008
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Paul Tholen, of Visiontheme Business Mentoring, writes about the importance to the business owner of "working on your business, not in it".
03 September 2008
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Andrew Butcher, of PricewaterhouseCooper’s East Anglian deals team, takes a look at local corporate transactions.
27 August 2008
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The report proposing the break-up of the BAA airport monopoly has been a long time in coming. Perhaps it's been lost in a bag at Heathrow for several years.
21 August 2008
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The religion and belief regulations are five years old, but guidance on how to resolve clashes in the workplace is, sadly, still lacking.
20 August 2008
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On a broad front, from Pakistan through Georgia to Poland, the world is suddenly a more uncertain and dangerous place, says political editor Chris Fisher.
19 August 2008
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For 40 years Norfolk - particularly the north of the county around North Walsham and Stalham - has had a love-hate relationship with the gas site at Bacton.
14 August 2008
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The political battle for who runs council services in Norfolk and Lowestoft is settling down into two broad camps: those favouring a jaw-jaw approach and those wanting a war-war strategy. But deciding how you cut the cake and whether you should be eating it as a wedge or a doughnut – if at all – is complicated, as public affairs correspondent Shaun Lowthorpe found out.
07 August 2008
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With the tempting prospect of making a small fortune in the UK, migrant workers leave their families and livelihoods to travel thousands of miles in search of a better life. But the reality often fails to live up to expectations.
30 July 2008
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The prime minister has no wish to give in to the 'Life on Mars' attitudes of trade union leaders, says political editor Chris Fisher. But where is Labour's funding to come from if he turns them down?
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24 July 2008
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With ex council houses in parts of rural Norfolk now being put on the market for more than £250,000, is it any wonder that people are struggling to live in their home villages? Now MP Matthew Taylor has produced a wide-ranging report setting out what should be done to stop our rural communities from turning into “enclaves of the elderly and wealthy”.
24 July 2008
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Inflation jumped to a new high yesterday, but many argue the official figure doesn’t accurately represent the true increase in the cost of living. JON WELCH reports.
16 July 2008
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Barely two days after the Boundary Committee said a new Norfolk super-council should be created taking in Lowestoft, pressure was mounting last night to give people a proper say on the controversial plans in a referendum.
10 July 2008
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