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Alice Schweigert was five weeks into her first term at the University of Hertfordshire when the boyfriend of one of her friends, who was in his third year at the university, made her a lucrative offer.

Toys R Us was put up for sale by its US parent last month. The US company has been dealing with its own problems across the Pond and is about to close around 180 stores.

A worldwide debt binge could trigger the next financial crisis and tip Britain back into recession, former Bank of England governor Lord King has warned.

Recently, a friend made a payment to me via AI chatbot Cleo. It didn't make it clear why it needed so much information from me - nor that it was trying to sign me up as a customer.

I don’t have much in the way of workplace or personal pension provision but do have £20,000 in savings and wondered if it would be possible to buy some kind of guaranteed income with it?

Millions of families face punishing council tax rises of £100 or more in April, it has been revealed. While households will also have to pay more for services such as parking permits and burials, councils say.

RICS said that two-thirds (67 per cent) of estate agents said that the sale prices on properties marketed at £1million-plus were coming in below what the vendor had asked.

The rally followed days of heavy selling as stock markets around the world went into a tailspin amid fears over rising inflation and interest rates.

Profits at Carlsberg have plunged more than 70 per cent after a crackdown on alcohol abuse in Russia. The Tuborg and Somersby Cider-maker saw annual net profits sink to £155m from £536.1m.

The yacht builder is based in Southampton and also has boatyards in Ipswich, Mallorca, and Newport, Rhode Island in the US. The company made profits of £104,000 and £42.1m worth of sales in 2016.

Redditch-based GKN makes parts for the Black Hawk helicopter (pictured), F-35 jet fighter, UK army tanks, and A400 aircraft carrier, and parts for Mercedes, BMW and other leading clients.

Boss Emma Walmsley, 48, who took over as chief executive in April, said she was confident about the drug maker’s future despite looming challenges.

The company, which sells beds, mattresses and furniture, is in administration after it failed to find an investor to rescue the business which employs 287.

The move by Elliott Capital Advisors comes little over a week after it emerged its 1.1 per centstake has increased to 1.86 per cent, according to regulatory filings.

In the House of Commons, the Prime Minister assured MPs that the Business Department, headed by Greg Clark, will look at the deal and that the Government will act in the national interest.

Persimmon chief executive Jeff Fairburn has faced criticism over a lucrative deal that will see him handed 4.8m shares in the company in one of the biggest paydays in British corporate history.

In addition to working as Lady Thatcher's image consultant, chain-smoking public relations man Lord Bell, has advised Chilean dictator General Pinochet and Syrian First Lady Asma al-Assad.

Leigh Day has launched legal action against the supermarket giant on behalf of shop assistants across the UK who claim they are paid up to £3 an hour less than their male warehouse workers.

London's blue chip index started to bounce back from a major sell-off that wiped trillions of pounds off global markets this week in response to fears that rising inflation could spark interest rate hikes.

The Post Office Card Account was launched for people who did not have a bank account and needed somewhere to receive pension and benefits payments.