Financial services sector continues to grow

The recovery in the UK financial services sector is continuing, a survey has suggested, with optimism improving and firms taking on new staff.
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and employers' group the CBI found business volumes in the three months to March grew for the eighth quarter in a row.
Optimism in the sector rose for the first time in a year.
A separate survey of UK finance chiefs suggested that fears of a UK recession or a euro break-up have eased.