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Young people must have simpler and more flexible options to save made clear to them, says Fair Investment.

Senior industry figures are pleading for an early government announcement on pension tax relief restriction rules because "time is running out" for employers to implement changes.

Retirement advice is in higher demand than any other financial service following the Government's recent overhaul of the pensions' system, suggests a report from Unbiased.co.uk.

The European Commission has approved a government loan to cover the set-up costs for the National Employment Savings Trust.

The Office for National Statistics will postpone its next release of data on economic growth, in an highly unusual move for the official statistician.

BP could have to slash dividend payments both this year and in 2011, warns Hargreaves Lansdown.

Britain must not raise taxes on wealth creators any further if it wants inward investment to spur recovery, one of the world's leading competitiveness experts says.

Alistair Darling will hold secret talks with the heads of top British and American banks in Davos tomorrow who fear the impact of proposed tough new sanctions against the sector.

Poverty among pensioners has fallen by nearly a third in eleven years, driven by increased uptake of private pensions, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

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