Royal Bank of Scotland has become the latest UK bank to appoint a former senior regulator as compliance chief to help it improve its conduct, in the wake of regulatory scandals that have rocked the country's banking sector.

Fears that George Osborne, the chancellor, is stoking a new housing bubble through plans to boost mortgages may be exacerbated by figures showing house prices grew faster in May than at any time in the past six years.

By Matt Scuffham. LONDON | Sun May 26, 2013 11:51pm BST. LONDON (Reuters) - The Co-operative Group Ltd CWGSR.UL will part company with Finance Director Steve Humes this week, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday, as new ...

Severn Trent, one of only three remaining quoted water companies, is anticipating a second bid from an international consortium just days after rejecting the first, while foreign investors are expected to head the queue for a 30pc stake in Yorkshire Water.

Five seaside towns in Scotland have recorded a doubling in average house prices since 2004, according to Bank of Scotland research.

For more than 50 years, motorists have stopped at Little Chef's roadside restaurants for a break and a fry-up. But the chain's chubby cook mascot could disappear from Britain's A-roads.

The government will oppose attempts to set a new renewable energy target within the EU, in a move that could put at risk tens of billions of pounds of green investment and tens of thousands of new jobs.

The retiring chief executive of drinks giant Diageo is set to be given the most generous leaving present in British corporate history.

A report released on Wednesday about the state of the UK's native species found 60% of animal and plant species studied have declined in the past 50 years.

FirstGroup's chief executive, Tim O'Toole, will this week visit its biggest institutional investors to secure backing for the troubled transport operator's �615m rights issue, as it emerged that he offered to quit instead of the chairman.