Living in Lancashire makes you very aware of the importance of British Aerospace to thousands of families locally. Many of the jobs at British Aerospace have been under threat for many months, so I was interested to read this week that it has been suggested that some of the jobs that are likely to disappear could be saved if a certain number of workers agreed to take unpaid leave.

If you’ve been reading the headlines lately, you might have seen that the RBS-NatWest group have increased their rate of interest on mortgages, with other lenders likely to follow suit.

Easter is looming and we all know what that means – chocolate, Easter bunnies, frolicking lambs and that dreaded phrase – the one that should be banned – nest eggs.