March 12, 2013
Positive news for the UK’s automotive sector as JLR continues to go from strength to strength largely due to the growing increase in demand overseas.
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December 7, 2012
The November survey from Markit Economics on Global Business confidence across the UK and the world had a mixed bag of findings. Some Positive and some not so.
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October 24, 2012
As an economy, people in the UK still have to tighten their belts and carefully manage budgets as the cost of living continues to rise at a disproportionate rate to the average family income.
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September 19, 2012
Alliance Boots, better known by Brits as ‘Boots’ has agreed a very important deal with a Chinese firm to buy a 12% stake in its business as they look to expand in the country.
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September 12, 2012
Burberry has shocked the stock markets, warning that sales have declined. An article published by The Guardian has reported the figures yesterday. Burberry has attributed this slowing down of sales to a drop in demand from China.
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September 7, 2012
Leading private equity firm ECI yesterday released its annual review and forecast, and it makes interesting reading with regards to 2013. Despite the seemingly never-ending negativity surrounding the UK’s economy, a majority of British SME’s have in...
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September 3, 2012
According to the latest survey by the Confederation of British Industry, the UK’s economy is set to contract by an overall 0.3% in 2012. This is down from the previously-optimistic forecast of a 0.6% growth, made earlier this year
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August 16, 2012
Today the BBC reported the following statistics
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August 9, 2012
After hearing on the news that our country’s economy has contracted yet again, those working within manufacturing would be forgiven for thinking “not again”. According to this article on the BBC website company insolvencies in England and Wales a...
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July 27, 2012
With the UK apparently slipping deeper into recession following a contraction of 0.7% for last quarter there is much doom and gloom about the state of the economy. This adds to the negative news about the impact of the Euro zone crisis and the possib...
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July 25, 2012
Over the coming weeks it is expected that half a million people will fly into Britain for the Olympic Games and it’s already igniting panic. Britain is falling behind in terms of its infrastructure, it is currently ranked 28th in the world, yet its e...
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July 3, 2012
According to a recent report completed by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and KPMG, the UK employment market has contracted with a drop in demand for both permanent and temporary workers over the last month.
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June 29, 2012
According to the manufacturing organization EEF, the North West is the pivotal driving force for UK manufacturing and ultimately a critical factor in the region’s economic growth. Stats show this sector employs over 315,000 people in the region and...
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June 19, 2012
Given all the negative press around the eurozone and the gloomy economic outlook it is easy to miss the success stories – and they don’t come much better than this.
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June 13, 2012
According to an announcement by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Trades yesterday, the UK automotive sector is on course to surpass all previous manufacturing records by 2015, with unprecedented levels of production
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May 28, 2012
Reports in Thailand suggest that there has been a sharp fall in exports as key markets in Europe and the US demands have fallen. Shipments fell by 3.7% from the previous year when it was forecasted they would in actual face increase by 3%.
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April 13, 2012
Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote a blog on the subject of Bank Holidays affecting businesses, through uncertified absences and holidays being taken around that time...
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April 10, 2012
After my blog last week which was full of positivity around a 10 month high in UK Manufacturing, I’m writing again today to report the opposite – UK Manufacturing output in February suffered its biggest fall for the past ten months. Although origin...
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March 29, 2012
According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the UK’s economy will contract in the first three months of 2012, and the country will slip back into recession. However some analysts predict growth rather than recessio...
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March 23, 2012
Reading this article it will be fascinating to see how this new development will contribute towards thesupply chain and logistics industry.
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