10/05/2011
We look at the government's latest plan to help UK companies, shares of the banks affected by the potential PPI payout and high street spending in April.
UK plc is well and truly open for business, trade and investment". That is the claim from the government, as it launches a five year plan, aimed at helping UK-based companies succeed in the global economy. We speak to Steve Radley, chief economist at the EEF and Lord Digby Jones, former director general of the CBI and minister of state for trade and investment in Gordon Brown's government.
Banking shares are down after four major banks finally threw in the towel on the payment protection insurance court challenge, meaning banks will have to pay out billions of pounds in claims. We find out more from James Dayley, editor of the magazine Which? Money.
The British Retail Consortium is sounding an upbeat note on high street spending, saying that in a turnaround from March's poor figures, sales on the high street were up by 5.2% in April. Bryan Roberts, director of retail insight at Kantar Retail joins us.
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