By STEVE HAWKES, Business Editor BRITAIN'S biggest building society has vowed to come to the rescue of cash-starved start-ups. NATIONWIDE yesterday revealed it was planning to enter the small business lending market. Chief executive Graham Beale warned ...

The Nationwide Building Society has increased home loans by 44%, boosting the number of mortgages provided to first-time buyers. Gross residential mortgage lending rose to £18.4bn in the year to April 4 - up from £12.8bn the year before - according to ...

By Martin Robinson and Jason Groves The Deputy Prime Minister suggested society was as dominated by class as it had been almost a century ago. He warned the problem was wrecking the life chances of the poor, holding back the economy and suggested ...

Class snobbery is holding Britain back by creating a society divided between those born with a sense of entitlement to succeed and others who are "permanently excluded", the deputy prime minister has warned. Nick Clegg quoted the historian Frank Harris ...

By CRAIG BROWN THE Kirk has attacked companies that make pay day loans with sky-high interest rates, accusing them of causing “a great deal of damage in our society ” and calling for greater regulation. Athe General Assembly in Edinburgh today the Kirk ...