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Banks are set to come under renewed pressure from the government to increase lending to small firms. Business Secretary Vince Cable says banks are...

Banks are set to come under renewed pressure from the government to increase lending to small firms. Business Secretary Vince Cable says banks are "not acting in the national interest" and measures may be needed. He has suggested dividends and bonuses could be a target as part of a "carrot and stick" approach to boost lending - BBC

Men moving home would pick living near a decent boozer ahead of a good school, a survey revealed yesterday. More than one in five said a proper local was their priority in a neighbourhood - against 15 per cent plumping for a school. The opposite was true for women - with a quarter picking a school and 12 per cent a pub - The Sun

Parents have been blamed for new figures that show an average of 550 Scots pupils are thrown out of school for using drugs or alcohol each year. Teaching bosses say children living with drink or drug-addicted parents are a "sad reflection" of society and often develop their own problems - Daily Record

The owners of Aberdeenshire-based BrewDog are preparing to open a bar in the Edinburgh. The firm has courted controversy with its high-powered ales, and is planning to offer free drink for life to anyone who gets a tattoo of its logo on the opening night of its first bar in Aberdeen. Managing director James Watt said: "We're going to have a tattoo artist in the pub on the opening night and we're offering free beer for life to anyone who will have the BrewDog logo tattooed on their body." Steve Mudie, president of the Scottish Licensed Trade Association, called the stunt "abhorrent"- The Scotsman

Fast food chains and restaurants have quietly sunk a plan by Britain's food watchdog to display calorie counts in eating outlets across the country, The Independent can disclose. With increasing numbers of Britons eating meals outside of the home - most often in cafés, sandwich stores and fast food outlets - the Food Standards Agency had set up a trial with many of the largest fast food and restaurant companies, in which they printed calorie counts next to products on the shelves, on menus or next to tills. But Mitchells and Butlers, which runs the Harvester chain, and the caterer Compass have abandoned their trial - The Independent

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