View this article here. The number of people over the age of 50 in work is set to reach a record high by 2030, a
View this article here. The proportion of over-50s in work is set to reach a record high of 47 per cent by 2030, according to
View this article here. Despite progress at many major contractors, the construction industry is still moving too slowly in tackling late payment, says the Good
View this article here. The number of people over the age of 50 in work is set to reach a record high by 2030, a
View this article here. The government should create four more bank holidays to improve the “stingy” entitlement that UK workers have in comparison with other
View this article here. Saving money has been a challenge for many people due to the strains of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, for others, remaining
View this article here. Consumers are currently facing a £371bn savings shortfallwhen it comes to feeling ready to cope with a financial shock, according to
The latest SMMT data on car production show that in July, UK manufacturers assembled less than 54,000 new cars. This is the worst July figure
View this article here. Half of all over-50s will still be in the workforce by 2030 as older workers increasingly delay retirement. Hundreds of thousands of
View this article here. LifeSearch’s latest update to the Health Wealth & Happiness Index finds that employers are not listening to staff on how they
View this article here. The property market has been running at 1,000 miles per hour for more than a year. But in July the disappearance of stamp
View this article here. ondon’s workers are the least happy to return to the office full-time, despite more than 6 in 10 being unhappy with
The last 18 months have seen a drastic uptick in redundancies, furloughed workers and economic inactivity – and although the labour market is on the
My former CBI colleague Andrew Sentence recently described central banks’ typical attitude to emerging inflation as initial denial that there is a problem, then suggesting
View this article here. A data release from Eurostat today showed industrial production in the eurozone – referring to the 19 countries which have adopted the euro as their currency –
View this article here. Women’s retirement prospects and savings have been dragged down by the pandemic much more than men’s, widening the gap between their
View this article here. The gender pension gap for over-55s widened by 17 per cent (or £26,673) in 2020, as the “disproportionate” effects of Covid-19
View this article here. Women’s pension pots shrunk by an average of £27,000 during the pandemic when compared to men’s, research shows. The ‘gender pension
View this article here. Research from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) shows the gender pension gap has widened to more than £180,000
View this article here. The divide between the size of men and women’s pensions has widened by £27,000 as a result of the pandemic, with
View this article here. The pandemic has increased the gender pensions gap to almost £200,000, according to a new study. Research carried out by the Centre for Economics and
View this article here. Anyone who has lived in London for more than a few months will have a jaundiced view of tourists. They crowd
View this article here. London will bear the brunt of an £11bn tourist spending shortfall caused by the UK’s travel restrictions, new research reveals. The
With most Covid-related restrictions lifted and the ‘pingdemic’ set to ease drastically on 16th August, as fully vaccinated individuals avoid having to isolate following contact
View this article here. Rapid transportation, easy communication, and minimizing tariff and non-tariff trade barriers between countries and regions are key to economic growth and
View this article here. In the last month, China’s highly successful private tutoring companies and many of its top tech companies, including entertainment giant Tencent,
In the last month, China’s highly successful private tutoring companies and many of its top tech companies, including entertainment giant Tencent, online retailer AliBaba and
View this article here. The American economy is larger than it was before the pandemic thanks to huge stimulus efforts and widespread vaccination, but growth
View this article here. Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is a major issue worldwide, accounting for up to 1 in 5 wild-caught ocean fish
View this article here. British food producers, retailers and transport companies descended into panic mode over the weekend as a surge in workers being forced
View this article here. The U.K.’s economy could face a loss of more than 4.6 billion pounds ($6.3 billion) in just four weeks if rules
View this article here. The U.K.’s economy could face a loss of more than 4.6 billion pounds ($6.3 billions) in just four weeks if rules
View this article here. The UK’s economy could face a loss of more than £4.6 billion ($6.3bn) in just four weeks if rules on self-isolation
View this article here. LONDON: British supermarkets and suppliers warned Thursday of possible food shortages due to staff self-isolating, as rising coronavirus cases threaten chaos after
View this article here. The recovery is being crippled by the “pingdemic” as experts put the cost of the economic damage from millions of self-isolating
With Covid-19 cases exploding in recent weeks, so has the number of self-isolation ‘pings’ received by unsuspecting individuals via the NHS COVID-19 app, asking them
View this article here. Silver spenders have been warned against going on a spree to celebrate Freedom Day, as new research shows that many risk
View this article here. Total debts held by over-55s are forecast to swell by £10bn over the next year to £236bn, up from £226bn last
View this article here. Bold headlines proclaimed that festivals can drive the capital’s recovery, according to Liz McAreavey the chief executive of Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce who
View this article here. The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) said COVID-19 was the main cause of the $348 billion drop in the
It is clear that the Universal Credit (UC) uplift of £20 per week has improved the living standards of the UK’s worst-off households since it
View this article here. Good news! According to a new survey of global businesses conducted by American Express and the Centre for Business and Economic
View this article here. Minister for digital infrastructure, Matt Warman, has visited Harpenden, Hertfordshire, to officially ‘switch on’ the five millionth home to get access
View this article here. New research has highlighted how the UK could undergo an economic pivot post-Brexit, with non-European Union (EU) trade potentially increasing by
View this article here. As COVID-19 restrictions loosen, the new Global Business Spend Indicator by American Express shows that Canadian businesses are spending more While
In more ordinary times, economic trajectories are shaped by technological advances, demographic trends and policymakers’ use of fiscal or monetary levers. Over the past 16
View this article here. The UK’s Heathrow Airport has highlighted new research that suggests the UK could undergo an economic pivot post-Brexit, with non-EU trade
View this article here. The construction industry has shown its mettle during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the bounce back is now well and truly under