PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - March 5

March 4 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Headlines

* Bank of England admits QE measures hit investment http://on.ft.com/2I4QGWG

* Help to Buy homeowners prepare for double whammy http://on.ft.com/2I2KzlL

* Theresa May to change planning rules to boost housebuilding http://on.ft.com/2I24wcE

* Most UK small businesses unprepared for new EU data rules http://on.ft.com/2I4CHR4

Overview

- A Bank of England analysis concluded that its measures to boost the Britain's economy during the 2007 financial crisis harmed investments, as companies diverted cash to deal with ballooning pension deficits.

- Think-tank Resolution Foundation said thousands of homeowners with the UK government's flagship Help to Buy loans will face a squeeze on their finances as the first fees fall due in April.

- UK Prime Minister Theresa May, outlining changes to the National Planning Policy Framework, will promise to rewrite "the rule book in terms of planning" to force councils to hit housebuilding targets.

- With less than three months for General Data Protection Regulation to go into effect, only one in ten small businesses in Britain are fully prepared for new EU-wide rules on personal data, according to research by the Federation of Small Businesses.

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom; Editing by Daniel Wallis)