14/03/2011
The Japanese stock market reopens for the first time since Friday's earthquake and new research from the CIPD suggests Britain is exaggerating its youth unemployment problem.
The Japanese stock market reopens for the first time since Friday's disastrous earthquake. We speak to Dr Seijiro Takeshita, director of Muzuho International and Martin Schultz, senior economist at the Fujitsu Research Institute in Tokyo, about the implications for the Japanese economy.
New research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development suggests Britain is exaggerating its youth unemployment problem. We ask John Philpott, chief economic adviser of the CIPD, how unemployment figures are calculated and what the real figure should be.
KPMG's latest banking report warns Britain's big banks face much tougher times over the next few years. David Sayer, the global head of retail banking at KPMG, explains how banks may even be forced into a damaging price war to attract retail savers.
And Britain's charities are missing out on millions of pounds because the UK tax system does not incentivise companies to donate their surplus goods to charity, according to UK charity In Kind Direct. The programme hears from the chief executive of In Kind Direct, Robin Boles.
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