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Wake Up to Money - 23/09/2010

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News and views from the business world with Mickey Clark and Andy Verity. The world's largest offshore wind farm is opening off Thanet on the Kent coast - but will wind energy ever be a core part of the power sector? New rules that force companies to first measure, and then reduce, their carbon emissions come into effect in a week, but British Gas says a third of big businesses and public bodies still need to register. A new government backed lending scheme launches today to give people on low incomes an alternative to using doorstep lenders. And the software giant Microsoft has found that nearly 90% of businesses don't offer work experience placements for young people.