Administrators close milk depot
Administrators for a Lincolnshire milk depot announce the closure of the dairy with the loss of 127 jobs.

Severn Trent annual profits fall
Rising bad debt among customers and firms using less water in the recession push Severn Trent's annual profits down 6%.

Toyota reports worst annual loss
Toyota, the world's biggest carmaker, makes its worst annual loss and expects to lose money again this year.

Full guide to where to get help
What are the key factors affecting people during this recession and where can they go for help?

If your employer goes into administration
What to consider when your company fails.

If you can't pay your mortgage
The government has announced an extension of assistance for those struggling with mortgage repayments. What does it mean for you?

How to negotiate during redundancy
TUC general secretary Brendan Barber explains the rules regarding negotiating redundancy packages.

Graduates: Getting your first job
As employers warn that they are cutting graduate recruitment, the BBC News website weighs up employment prospects for students leaving university this summer.

Business loan plans: full details
All the detail on the main schemes introduced today by the government to help small business access finance from the banks.

Job losses at pork pie factory
About 90 workers at a pork pie-making factory in Nottinghamshire are being made redundant, it is announced.

Oxfam plea as donations fall 12%
Donations to Oxfam's network of 714 UK shops fall by 12% so far this year - the charity's first drop in eight years.

Town considers 10% discount day
Plans are put forward for all businesses in a Lincolnshire town to offer 10% off all their goods in a bit to survive the recession.

MoD contract boost for RAF base
BAE Systems has signed a contract worth more than £500m to continue maintaining Harriers at RAF Cottesmore.

Power site to generate jobs
The company behind the production of a renewable energy plant says that the project could create up to 1,000 new jobs.

Wage freeze for top councillors
Senior councillors at Nottingham City Council volunteer to take a wage freeze due to the economic downturn.

Hopes raised in business survey
Business leaders in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire say firms will create jobs in the next three months.

Shopping centre revamp is delayed
Plans for a major expansion of a Nottingham shopping centre are put on hold indefinitely, owners confirm.

Trading down
What are you buying more of in the downturn?

Dinner party facts
Answers to vital questions you were too afraid to ask

Downturn map
How has the downturn affected you?