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BBC: UK Business News
| Work contacts 'cut dropout rate' |
| The more young people come into contact with employers the less likely they are to drop out of school and become unemployed, research suggests. |
| PM urged to cut wind farm subsidy |
| More than 100 Conservatives are among MPs who have written to the prime minister calling on him to slash subsidies for onshore wind turbines. |
| Annuity sales 'unfair and opaque' |
| The way annuities are sold is costing half a million retirees each year as much as £1bn in future pension income, the National Association of Pension Funds says. |
| Work programme on track: Grayling |
| Around 20% of unemployed people who have been on the government's main welfare-to-work scheme, the Work Programme, for at least 6 months have been found a job, the BBC has learnt. |
| US job numbers show strong growth |
| The US economy created 243,000 jobs in January, while the unemployment rate fell to 8.3%, official figures show. |
| New Virgin staff pay for checks |
| Virgin Atlantic is forcing successful job applicants to pay for their own criminal record checks, Radio 4's Money Box reveals. |
| High Streets bid for £1m funding |
| The government is looking for 12 run down High Streets in England to share £1m as a part of plans proposed by TV retail guru Mary Portas. |
| RBS boss calls for pay correction |
| The chairman of 82% taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) says banker pay has been "high for too long" and needs to be corrected. |
| Europe hit by Russia gas shortage |
| Freezing weather sweeping across Europe is causing a shortage of vital Russian gas supplies to several countries, officials say. |
| BT fibre optic 'game changer' vow |
| Fibre optic broadband connections to at speeds of 300 Mbps will be available 'on demand' in the UK next year, BT says. |
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