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04/03/2011

News and views from the business world with Mickey Clark and Jeremy Naylor.

The government unveils its new strategy to help boost UK tourism today. The plans include moving the May Day Bank Holiday and making it easier for overseas visitors to get tourist visas. We speak to the director of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions, Robin Brooke, to find out what the industry thinks.

UK oil giant, BP, has confirmed to the 大象传媒 that it will be attending a board meeting of Anglo-Russian oil firm TNK-BP in Berlin today, rescheduled after BP failed to attend a week ago. The programme hears from Dr Richard Miller, an Independent Peak Oil consultant and former BP geologist.

Meanwhile, there's a call for schools to teach teenagers how to become successful managers to ensure that school leavers are fit for the workplace. Ruth Spelman, chief executive of the CMI, explains why learning management skills could be deemed more important than sex education.

Finally, should lenders be doing more to check whether people are mentally capable of signing up for loans and credit cards? We hear from Nick Bason from the Employers Forum on Disability about how lenders can spot lack of capacity.

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