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27/09/2010

The financial services sector's growing fast - so are we on the road to recovery? And a new bank says smaller firms are turning their backs on the big institutions.

Presented by Andy Verity and Mickey Clark.

The UK financial services sector has grown at its fastest rate since June 2007 - so is it time to crack open the champagne about the recovery?

Aldermore, a bank launched just after the credit crunch, says that small and medium sized firms are turning their backs on the big institutions. But are they taking on clients who've been refused for a good reason? Is their strategy risky?

Also, household finances are being stretched with confidence knocked by fears over the state of the economy; and UK businesses are lagging behind other countries in their use of social media like Facebook and Twitter.

30 minutes

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Mon 27 Sep 2010 05:30

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