Despite the long Easter weekend, it has been another busy seven days in the world of finance and investment. In this week's roundup, we report on Yahoo setting a deadline for preliminary bids for its web business and Asian assets, claims that leaving the EU could prove detrimental to young people in the UK, warnings that the new state pension has not been made clear enough and figures showing pet insurance claims have reached a record high.

In our roundup this week, we bring news of a profits fall and subsequent restructuring plan for Barclays, a significant drop in UK manufacturing activity, an increase in consumer borrowing in January and new figures suggesting women have barely half the pension savings of men.

Our roundup of the last seven days in the world of finance and investment includes new figures showing that UK inflation hit a one-year high in January, claims that pensions remain the most effective savings option, a survey suggesting employers will rein in wage increases this year and research revealing a slip in UK construction output in the fourth quarter of 2015.

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