View this article and listen to the podcast here. Ian King speaks to the Chief Executive, Centre for Economics and Business Research about the UK
View this article here. The UK’s personal wealth has bounced back to its highest levels since before the pandemic began, but our happiness and health
At the beginning of the year, a report claimed [1] that up to 1.3 million people born abroad had left the UK during 2020 as
The UK has given a high level of priority to the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow on 1 –
We are currently undertaking an amazing live experiment to see if the traditional belief that highly expansionary fiscal and monetary policies will eventually lead to
Download the full report here. It is still far too early to reach a definitive view on the basis of two months of trade data
The economy is poised to roar back to life with growing confidence among businesses and consumers, a hat-trick of closely watched surveys has claimed. The
The day many of us have been counting down to has finally arrived. April 12 marks the next phase of lockdown easing, meaning that after
The Easter weekend has traditionally been one of the highlights for retailers with shoppers being enticed to venture out and make the best of the
Five years ago on 24 March 2016 the paperback edition of my book The Flat White Economy was published by Duckworth. The key point I
A year ago this week, Cebr closed its office for an indefinite period, in light of the hastening spread of a new coronavirus. Countless workplaces
China dominates the world market for most types of electric vehicles. The Chinese stock of electric cars at 4.6 million is 42% of the world’s
Jump in confidence to drive spending splurge Household and business confidence has rebounded to levels not seen since the start of the pandemic thanks to
With Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s increases set to take the overall tax burden to 35 per cent of GDP by 2025/26 – the highest level since
The Chancellor stood up this lunchtime with two major tasks: to ensure that the UK economy recovers post Covid and to bring public finances back
After Nigel Lawson’s great tax reforming budget in 1984, which cut the headline rate of corporation tax from 52% to 35%, I visited the then
At the time of writing some four million Texans are reportedly without power in freezing conditions. Winter storm Uri and a loop in the jet-stream bringing
Rishi Sunak’s £400bn balancing act: With the Budget fast approaching, here’s how the Chancellor can raise revenues without wrecking the Covid recovery The last new
In the years since Bitcoin first entered the public eye, it has gone from a relatively obscure and fringe cryptocurrency to an increasingly mainstream digital
The coronavirus pandemic has been a challenge for economic forecasters. While we at Cebr have probably fared better than most other forecasters (our March 2020
An estimated 1.8 million businesses could be at risk of insolvency as a result of pandemic-related disruption, including 336,000 that face a high risk of
In Q3 2020, a record 16% expansion in GDP helped push productivity in the UK – as measured by output per hour worked – to
Telecoms company BT’s Openreach division is accelerating the roll-out of its gigabit-capable full fibre broadband across the UK, with the aim of connecting 20 million
My colleagues and I at the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) are quite optimistic about the pace of the UK recovery once lockdown
View this article here. BEIJING—China’s geopolitical rise over the past four decades has been fueled by sizzling economic growth that regularly featured years of double-digit
Once Joe Biden is sworn in on 20th January, the Democratic Party will not only be in charge of the White House and the House
There are two reasons for expecting that the market structure in tech sectors will differ from the model of perfect competition with plentiful companies competing
View the full article here. Significant expansion expected in milestone year After a tumultuous year that most people would prefer to forget, what now for
View the full article here. China and the US have vied for economic superiority but the pandemic has “tipped the rivalry in China’s favour”. China
View the full article here. Britain has retaken fifth place in the rankings of the world’s biggest economies despite suffering one of the deepest recessions
Daniel Defoe in his Journal of the Plague Year points out that: ‘One mischief always introduces another. These terrors and apprehensions of the people led
Cebr welcomes the announcement of a provisional deal between the UK and the EU to regulate the post Brexit partnership. Obviously this deal remains unratified
View the full article here Apermanent extension of the stamp duty holiday could lead to thousands more property transactions each year, according to research commissioned
In April, Cebr forecast that in Q2, households would accumulate £23 billion more in savings than in a normal year. This note updates our projections,
Covid-19 has brought about many difficulties for businesses in the UK. From a loss of demand, to new policies for social distancing, most enterprises have
Research out today claims that shoppers will spend 10 per cent more on presents and other items this Christmas. However, the Centre for Economics and
Like everything else this year, Christmas 2020 will be different. It has been a long and difficult year, and at times it was difficult to
Last Tuesday there was a 5 mile lorry queue on the M20 near my home as the French allegedly tested Brexit procedures. It is still
The government’s green agenda has started to emerge in a series of announcements, mainly affecting motoring. Road pricing is again under active consideration, there is
RAISING fuel duty will crash the economy by over £600 million, cost the nation around 8,000 jobs and hit the White Van Man hardest according
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is considering ending a ten-year freeze on the levy It claimed 2p could be added to a duty that has stood at
I opened a bottle of champagne to celebrate the news that Pfizer had discovered a vaccine. The past year has been a nightmare. On a
In 1989 I answered my first mobile phone call on Oxford Street using a brick-sized Motorola borrowed from work. Several people shouted abuse at me
Despite appearances, the UK is unlikely to be in the deep freeze under Biden At the time of writing, we don’t know who will
France went into full lockdown on Friday. It is illegal to leave your home except for essential shopping, to work in essential businesses, for medical
Le Monde – Boris Johnson et thatchérisme – oct 2020
Commuter towns and seaside resorts are bearing the brunt with a MILLION more people facing the dole before Christmas after furlough scheme ends this weekend,
On 14 October, a new three-tiered coronavirus system came into effect in England, placing areas in one of three risk categories: medium, high or very
It seems mad that a Brexit deal could be at risk over an industry as small as fishing that contributes less than £1 billion to