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Savers will be told to expect smaller investment returns in future

As the National Careers Service launches, questions are being raised about how young people will get the face to face guidance they need – particularly with such high levels of youth unemployment.

The government has today released proposals which would give Ofgem greater power to get fair outcomes for consumers and small businesses when they suffer a loss due to energy suppliers failing to meet their legal responsibilities.

It would seem Britain has a new crop of ‘heroes on the high street’ – and trading estates and retail parks too for that matter – as research shows how small business owners are going to extraordinary lengths to protect their workforces during these tough economic times.

Entrepreneurs and investors have teamed up with organisations including Microsoft, Silicon Valley Bank and consultants McKinsey to launch a scheme to encourage “the best and brightest” graduates to start businesses instead of choosing a conventional career.

Businesses will be spared thousands of hours of form-filling each year in a Government move to restore common sense to health and safety.

Britain escaped recession in the first quarter of the year, but only just, according to a respected think-tank.

Business leaders have urged ministers to do more to help companies create a “pro-employment landscape” as a change to employment law comes into force.

A change to the rules on reporting workplace injuries will save British firms thousands of hours completing official paperwork.

A new financial institution set up by the UK government to finance charities and community groups has been launched.

Small business owners in London and the South East are working long hours, through ill-health, and with few or no holidays, according to new research from Clydesdale Bank.

An 11-year-old boy’s plan to save the eurozone has been commended in a major competition that has attracted some of the world’s top economists.