Repossessions by mortgage lenders as borrowers struggle to make the repayments on their UK investment in property rose sharply by 9% in the second half of 2006.

Organising your money, and especially managing credit well, is the way to find true happiness, according to research from lender Picture Financial.

More and more people are willing to take the risk of driving illegally on Britain’s roads, with figures from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) showing that the number of untaxed drivers has jumped 76% in two years to 2.1 million.

Many of the top store card providers have been slated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for failings in the selling of card protection insurance policies.

The defunct Longbridge car plant, shut for almost two years after the demise of Rover, is to restart production of MG models under the auspices of Chinese owner Nanjing Automobile, which has made a big UK investment in the plant, within the next few months.

New mortgage approvals for December fell compared the previous month, according to figures from the Bank of England.

Manchester has been chosen as the venue for the first UK investment in a ‘super-casino’ that will hold up to 1,250 unlimited-jackpot fruit machines.

Promotion is often more important than salary in securing staff loyalty to a company, according to a survey by employment agency Manpower, and as a UK investment in people it is hard to beat.