HOTEL room prices in Dublin plunged 11% to almost €120 last year, falling at one of the fastest rates in the world.

Swathes of Britain ground to a halt today as the big freeze returned, throwing early getaway plans into jeopardy and threatening to leave homes without heating or presents at Christmas.

Take-home pay fell last month, suggesting a slowdown in consumer spending this Christmas, according to a new report today.

Figures showing stronger wage growth in the UK for the past three months heaped more pressure on the Bank of England today ahead of its next meeting.

Business optimism in Britain has fallen for the first time in a year, research showed today.

One in every 20 households in London is worth £1m (€1.5m) or more, according to research out today.

The UK is heading for a period of balanced economic growth as companies’ confidence about the future stabilises, research claimed today.

A British research group is to publish a report today regarding house price increases, which indicates British home owners could be so financially stretched as to trigger a house price crash.

The eurozone is perilously close to entering recession this year, and Germany may even be in a technical recession already, a report said today.