Sales of Ford cars have been hurt by on off protests by a Christian group, according to dealers.
In its latest campaign, the American Family Association (AFA) is calling for a boycott of the carmaker because of its support of a gay pride event in Detroit.
The chairman of the AFA said in a letter to members, [...]

By Jeff Randall - BBC
In my first year as business editor of the BBC, 2001-02, I became known by Television Centre veterans, such as Michael Buerk and Peter Sissons, as a harbinger of gloom. Whenever I turned up at the Ten O’Clock News desk with a business update, it seemed always to presage a corporate [...]

In an effort to help people to better understand the Individual Voluntary Arrangement process and procedure the site http://iva-information-centre.org now provides a wealth of information about the IVA and SIVA, Simple Individual Voluntary Arrangement.

The following petition deposits came into force from 1 April 2006:
Bankruptcy debtor's petition = £325 Bankruptcy creditor's petition = £390 Company petition = £655

R3, the Association of Business Recovery Professionals, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) and the Insolvency Practitioners Association (IPA) met with Allan Wilson, the Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning, and discussed their concerns over underlying problems associated with the Bankruptcy & Diligence (Scotland) Bill and the proposed changes to Protected Trust [...]

A potent combination of Britain's £1 trillion debt mountain and a relaxation of the bankruptcy laws is forecast to drive a record 100,000 people to go insolvent this year.
Bankruptcy experts expect the Government will on Friday reveal that 23,000 people became insolvent in the first three months of this year, 2,500 more than in the [...]

Word of advice. If ever Chris Eubank offers you a lift, be prepared to find yourself strapped into a gargantuan, bright blue, seven-ton truck, swinging (illegally) down Oxford Street while the driver (who has just told you he failed his HGV driving test three times) is reciting all 13 verses of the Rudyard Kipling poem, [...]