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A year for key players in private equity

Some key figures in the private equity world have been honoured in a Queen's Birthday Honours List which was notable for being one of the most business-light f…

The week ahead

A guide to company results and meetings, and economic statistics Economic week Monday September 25 ? Investors will be eager to hear Wolseley's latest view …

Business in Brief

Dairy Crest grows on the doorstep Dairy Crest, the maker of Cathedral City cheese and Clover spreads, has cemented its position as Britain?s biggest doorstep …

Brown drops 'Communities England' tag (copy 2)

Prime minister to choose fresh name for super agency to emphasise its role in housing provision, while he works on three policies to carry it out

Step on to the property ladder

A BIT of good news for struggling first-time buyers: there are ways of protecting yourself from rising interest rates and getting a leg up the property ladder …

NHMB demands help for first-time buyers

By Marcel Le Gouais First-time buyers? plight has grown into a social problem threatening the well-being of communities nationwide, says the New Homes Marketi…

Q&A: Stamp Duty Reform

Q: So the Cameroonians - what have they been promising? A: They've promised to raise the one per cent threshold for stamp duty from 125,000 to 250,000. Shadow …

Building chief calls on Brown to tackle first-time buyer crisis

David Pretty, the former chief executive of the UK's second biggest housebuilder Barratt, and senior housing commentator has called on the Government and indus…

Zero-carbon reforms 'must be consumer friendly'

Efforts to make all new homes carbon neutral by 2016 must be combined with considerations over what the public wants from a UK property, the Home Builders Fede…