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Green shoots The number of British people who are optimistic about the economy has trebled since 2012, according to a poll commissioned by think tank British Future. The BBC reports that 29% of people are optimistic about the prospect for the economy in 2014, up from 9% in 2012. The proportion of those who are pessimistic about the outlook dropped from 74% to 40% over the same period. Read the story Peer to peer lending Peer to peer lender Funding Circle is moving into property lending to small and medium-sized developers and investors, according to the Guardian. The lender aims t...