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• Online sales keep high street alive, say eBay

  
  TameBay — Authority: 134
  89% of those surveyed found graphics like this distracting and unnecessary Four-fifths of bricks and mortar companies with an online presence think that their internet sales keep their business alive, according to research carried out by eBay for the latest edition of their Online Business Index. They found that 48% ...
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• TWO FACED BRITAIN....

  
  A Tangled Web — Authority: 525
  It is telling that British workers in the private sector are facing a second straight year of pay freezes in the spring. Employers are set to refuse pay rises as unemployment continues to rise - despite the country being expected to technically exit recession. MEANWHILE those in the State sector remain untouched ...
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• THE STATE WE ARE IN...

  
  A Tangled Web — Authority: 525
  Its instructive to review the key achievements of the Labour Government as measured in the latest financial statistics from the ONS. Get this;  UK public borrowing hit an all-time high of £20.3bn for a single month in November.  Net debt reaching a record £844.5bn in November - or 60.2pc of the UKs annual ...
  4 days ago

• ‘Britain must invest more in India, double trade in 5 years’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  By Dipankar De SarkarLondon, Dec 18 (IANS) British companies must ramp up investments in India so that bilateral trade can double from its current $12 billion-level within five years, offering Britain growth opportunities as it emerges from the recession, India’s high commissioner to Britain says.“The composition ...
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• THE DOUBLE DIP?

  
  A Tangled Web — Authority: 525
  Here is a great example of the utter cynicism of modern British political life. Businessmen have become more gloomy about the economy in the past month, raising fears that Britain may slip into a "double-dip" recession next year.  A ComRes survey of 257 business leaders for The Independent found that the ...
  4 days ago

• Is monetary policy becoming less effective?

  
  Economics — Authority: 138
  This hints that the transmission mechanism of monetary policy might have broken down.  When ultra-low interest rates appear to be ineffective in restoring confidence and spending, this is known as the liquidity trap. For the exam you need to explain how a reduction in policy interest rates can stimulate household and ...
  6 days ago

• Inflation targets

  
  Economics — Authority: 138
  The UK first introduced inflation targets in 1992 following sterling’s suspension from the exchange rate mechanism. The government wanted an inflation target to be the ultimate objective of monetary policy having opted to move to a floating exchange rate system. The European Central Bank (ECB) has targeted 2% ...
  1 week ago

• THE PARLOUS STATE OF OUR ECONOMY

  
  A Tangled Web — Authority: 525
  This chart neatly reveals the disastrous state of the UK economy as measured by looking at the Bank of England balance sheet. As you can see, today looks close enough to that of the economy as we exited World War Two! But still, our Prime Minister Mr Brown and his pals believe we are better situated than most to ...
  1 week ago

• Macroeconomic stability

  
  Economics — Authority: 138
  Macro stability can be measured by the volatility of key indicators: 1. Consumer price inflation (annual % change in prices) 2. Real GDP growth over one or more business cycles 3. Changes in measured unemployment / employment 4. Fluctuations in the current account of the balance of payments 5. Changes in government ...
  1 week ago

• Boris at Copenhagen for a greener future

  
  Boris Johnson — Authority: 459
  With the right finance, Britain can lead the world to a greener future, says Boris Johnson.By the time you read these words I will be airborne to Copenhagen.  Why, you may ask, am I going to the climate change summit? Is it really worth discharging yet more greenhouse gases into the upper air?As for the validity ...
  1 week ago

• Cleaners worth more to society than bankers - study

  
  Earthman, Come Home — Authority: 138
  Cleaners worth more to society than bankers - study : How to get news coverage for your think tank: run a completely arbitrary but hilarious study which finds bankers are the worst people ever: Hospital cleaners are worth more to society than bankers, a study suggests. The research, carried out by think tank ...
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• The UK is a hardy perennial and there is opportunity for it to flower again

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 966
  Even before last weeks depressing PBR, the national mood was dire. I have never known so many people, both at home and abroad, so downbeat about the UK, or so many of those at home, both British and foreign, seriously considering leaving.
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• Red tape cuts save SMEs £3bn

  
  SME Business News — Authority: 115
  Small businesses have collectively saved almost £3 billion a year in a drive by the government to cut back on red tape. The British government’s target is to cut administrative work for small businesses to 25% by May 2010 in an attempt to save at least £3.3 billion. In addition to this they have recently ...
  1 week ago

• UK retailers confident in strong 2010 games sales

  
  Joystiq — Authority: 761
  [ Image Source ] In a survey of 93 UK retailers who sell games -- conducted by MCV -- a surprising 91 percent said that they have a positive outlook for 2010 when it comes to, well, sales of games and game-related goods. More near-term, out those surveyed, 48 percent expect more income from games this holiday ...
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• Pre-Budget report: Youd think we want to drive bankers away

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 966
  The tax on City bonuses is a bad idea and risks alienating an industry we need, says Jeremy Warner.
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• Tracking changes in unemployment

  
  Economics — Authority: 138
  The Guardian’s pre-budget report coverage has this nifty and informative interactive chart that tracks changes in UK unemployment over the last 30 years. 
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• New figures show extent of wealth inequality in the UK

  
  Economics — Authority: 138
  The Office of National Statistics have released updated figures on the distribution of national wealth . The richest fifth have nearly two thirds of the wealth. More startling is that the poorer half of us speak for just 9p in every £1 of privately held wealth. Private household net wealth in Great Britain ...
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• Google Wave: Pre Budget Report 2009

  
  Economics — Authority: 138
  Our wave tonight was on some aspects of the UK government’s last pre-budget report before the 2010 election. A pdf file of the wave can be downloaded at the bottom of the blog. If you are now on Google wave and want to contribute please email and we can add you to the existing economics waves. The PBR focuses ...
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• Pre-Budget report: Government efforts to attack deficit reassure gilt markets

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 966
  Britains precious top-notch credit rating has been reaffirmed as markets warmed to Government efforts to address ballooning public debt.
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• Homeowner Mortgage Support Scheme has helped……15 people

  
  Westminster Blog — Authority: 522
  I’m not officially working today (am at home, in recovery from gastric flu). But I’ve just been passed something so fascinating I couldn’t help passing it on.You may not remember but something called the “Homeowner Mortgage Support Scheme” was one of the flagship ideas in Gordon Brown’s Queen’s Speech in ...
  1 week ago

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