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Teesside Live – Early retirement is being retired – number of over-50s in work set to reach record high
September 1, 2021

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

Pensions Age – Over-50s in work to reach record high by 2030
September 1, 2021

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

The Construction Index – Campaign group calls for more action on late payment
September 1, 2021

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

Daily Echo – Number of over-50s in work set to reach record high
August 31, 2021

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

The Times – We all need more public holidays, say unions
August 31, 2021

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

Daily Express – Savings warning as Britons face £7,000 ‘shortfall’ – act to secure ‘financial security’
August 31, 2021

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

City A.M. – UK facing £371bn savings shortfall despite financial resilience improving
August 31, 2021

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 UK car industry has been suffering and Covid is just a part of the problem
August 31, 2021

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

The Telegraph – Record number of people forced to work into old age
August 30, 2021

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

Cover Magazine – UK staff unsupported on future of working habits: LifeSearch
August 25, 2021

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

The Telegraph – Five charts that predict the next house price crash
August 25, 2021

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

Evening Standard – Londoners balk at full-time return to office
August 24, 2021

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 labour market threatens to slide into a two-speed recovery with older workers most vulnerable
August 23, 2021

The last 18 months have seen a drastic uptick in redundancies, furloughed workers and economic inactivity – and although the labour market is on the

The backwash from a US monetary tightening could hit emerging markets at the same time as lack of vaccination is delaying their post-Covid recovery
August 16, 2021

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

The Daily Express – Eurozone warning as economic recovery ravaged by poor output figures – bounceback on brink
August 13, 2021

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 –

City A.M. – Pandemic stretches gender pension gap to nearly £200,000
August 12, 2021

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

FT Adviser – Covid widens gender pension gap by 17%
August 11, 2021

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

The Mirror – Women face £27,000 pension black hole due to furlough – how to take back control
August 11, 2021

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

Money Marketing – Gender pension gap worsens among over-55s
August 10, 2021

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

The Telegraph – Women face £27,000 pension black hole due to pandemic
August 10, 2021

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

The Independent – ‘Alarming wake-up call’: Pandemic increases gender pensions gap to ‘almost £200,000’
August 10, 2021

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

City A.M. – Rolling out the welcome map for tourists will pay off for London
August 9, 2021

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

The Telegraph – London misses out on £7bn tourist spending from travel restrictions
August 5, 2021

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

International travel restrictions could mean an £11bn spending shortfall by the end of the year, with London accounting for £7bn as other areas plug the gap with staycationers
August 5, 2021

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

The News International – Regional connectivity: recipe for economic growth in the region
August 5, 2021

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

Reaction – Have the Chinese abolished boom and bust?
August 2, 2021

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,

Could the Chinese, unlike Gordon Brown, have ‘abolished boom and bust’ despite an average property costing 28 times average income?
August 2, 2021

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

The Times – US economy bigger than before Covid in consumer-led recovery
July 30, 2021

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

The Pew Charitable Trusts – To Better Fight Illegal Fishing, Governments Advance Information Sharing and Capacity Development
July 29, 2021

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

Bloomberg – U.K. Food Fears Return as Covid Pings Spark Labor Shortages
July 27, 2021

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

Bloomberg – U.K. Economy Faces $6.3 Billion Hit From Pingdemic, CEBR Says
July 25, 2021

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

The Star – UK economy faces US$6.3b hit from ‘pingdemic’, CEBR says
July 24, 2021

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

The National – ‘Pingdemic’ could cost UK economy $6.3bn
July 24, 2021

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

The Kuwait Times – UK ‘pingdemic’ leads to supermarket shortages
July 24, 2021

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

The Telegraph – £4.6bn pingdemic bill as disruption dents economic recovery
July 23, 2021

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

New pings data suggest £4.6 billion self-isolation cost to the economy following Freedom Day
July 22, 2021

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

Daily Express – Risk of debt: over-55s hit by urge to splurge
July 22, 2021

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

Mortgage Strategy – Borrowing by over-55s set to rise: More2life and CEBR
July 21, 2021

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

Edinburgh Evening News – Edinburgh Festival: The value of this £1 billion event to city’s economy has been clear for decades – Steve Cardownie
July 21, 2021

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

CGTN – England’s ‘Freedom Day’: A balancing act between economics and safety
July 20, 2021

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

Stimulus spending can’t go on forever – but cutting Universal Credit too early risks derailing the economic recovery just as it gets going
July 19, 2021

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

Assembly – US Businesses Are Optimistic and Primed to Spend
July 16, 2021

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

In Your Area – Digital Minister visits Harpenden to celebrate Openreach’s five millionth customer getting access to ultrafast full fibre broadband
July 14, 2021

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

International Airport Review – Heathrow and UK aviation industry to support economic pivot post-Brexit
July 14, 2021

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

Markets Insider – Economic Turning Point? New American Express Survey Shows Signs of Renewed Optimism for 2021 As B2B Spending Rises
July 12, 2021

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

Lifting of restrictions on Freedom Day to boost UK GDP by £2.2 billion per month
July 12, 2021

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

Passenger Terminal Today – Heathrow banking on non-EU trade boost, but highlights need for government support
July 9, 2021

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

Construction News – The £3bn digital opportunity to transform UK construction
July 9, 2021

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

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