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The Tories have confirmed new businesses will pay no National Insurance (NI) in their initial year for the first ten employees, during the opening two years of a Conservative government.

Friends Provident has voiced concerns that EU rules on long-term sick leave could impact on IP product design, as the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) notes the ruling is dissuading small businesses employing new staff.

The Conservative Party today confirmed it would "reward" those who had saved for their retirement by ending the effective obligation to buy an annuity at age 75.

Shadow Chancellor George Osborne today put the economy at the centrepiece of the Tory election manifesto and pledged not to put taxes on jobs whilst the economy is still weak.

The Tories have pledged to raise the the secondary threshold at which employers start paying National Insurance (NI) by £21 a week, countering what it calls Labour's "job tax" of a 1% NI increase.

The chair of the All Party Parliamentary Insurance and Financial Services Committee has described Labour proposals to re-mutualise Northern Rock as "crazy".

The FSA today fined David Baker, former deputy chief executive of Northern Rock, £504,000 for misreporting mortgage arrears figures.

The European ETF market is celebrating 10 years since the first products were launched on the Deutsche Boerse.

Schroders plans to launch an Asian version of its top-performing Income Maximiser fund.

The FTSE 100 has opened 0.06% or 3.24 points lower to 5,774 in early trading as rises in retail stocks were offset by falling mining shares.