UK exits recession, but keep the bubbly on ice!
It’s official! The UK economy has at long last, exited recession and returned to growth…just.
Now your first instinct might be to quip, as I did, “Yes but the economy only grew by a paltry amount, didn’t it?” Yes, this is true.
Although it wasn’t quite this bad, it didn’t grow by much more, either (0.1% [...]
UK recession ‘almost’ over. Does anybody care?
British headlines this week cover all manner of things, from Simon Cowell quitting American Idol, to the grit shortage – but one thing I’ve noticed is that the media don’t seem to be very interested in the UK being almost out of recession.
Why is that, exactly – perhaps it’s another false dawn (we’ve had a [...]
Bingo! How Pre-Budget Report forgets businesses
Stopping short of jumping on any bandwagons, or just bashing the Chancellor for countless ‘Darlingisms’ that have been used to disguise the what would seem like a lack of help for just about everyone, I have to say that I’m not overly impressed with this year’s pre-budget report, since there wasn’t a great deal in [...]
Should you ban the ‘R’ word from your business?
Should you ban the ‘R’ word from your business?
Spendthrift or spend-shift? Online advertising overtakes TV…for now.
As a Marketing Manager and one who is, in part, judged by my spending habits, I love online advertising, love it. LOVE IT! And why?
As many CEOs (apart from mine, of course) will eagerly warn, “marketing people will find ways to spend your money”, which may be the truth. Well, half of it anyway…
A recent [...]
Pound on the plunge again…
Looks like the pound is on the plunge again and it was welcome to hear Mervyn King joining the chorus of people calling for greater export in Britain. With massive debt both in the Government and consumer sectors, growth in the economy will not come from these areas. If we are to achieve economic growth [...]
Exports rose by 5% in July
For a long time now we have been banging on about the fact that if Britain wants to get out of this recession and repair the big hole in the public finances, then we need to export more as a country.
The ironic thing is that for some time we’ve also had an amazingly favourable [...]
Britain coming out of the recession according to ICAEW
The headlines this morning (apart from England winning The Ashes – well done Freddie & co!) profess that, all of a sudden, Britain is almost out of the recession. Brilliant!
Thanks to a study into the “confidence of business professionals”, it seems the recession, according to some commentators, was just an overnight problem after all. So, [...]
ALS boss reacts to Porsche payout
During the recession, the bonus culture which has (in part) helped to propel the global economy to the dizzy heights from which it has recently plummeted (sic: and subsequently buried itself under its own terminal velocity), has come under fire from just about every possible angle.
From bank bosses to outgoing MP’s, public outcry against the [...]
