Fears are growing of a surge in unemployment before Christmas as the recovery in the economy falters under pressure from a second wave of Covid-19.
On Wednesday, Parliament square was filled with 400 musicians, playing parts of Holst’s ‘Mars’, a thunderous and foreboding composition. The performance was part of a
The Chancellor has till mid-2021 to convince the markets that he has a policy to get the deficit under control but a messy Brexit could
A Cebr report for The Pew Charitable Trusts The report can be downloaded by following this link The purpose of this research is to examine
Premier League clubs are continuing to dwarf European sides when it comes to spending in the transfer market, despite the financial impact of Covid-19. That is
Earlier this week the government announced that, in an effort to suppress the infection rate, pubs, bars, cafes and restaurants across England will only be
London could face annual costs of more than £2bn if fresh curfew measures are implemented in the capital, according to a new report. Leading
The economy faces a hit of £250 million a day from a second wave of Covid-19 infections if partial lockdowns reverse the increase in people
We’ve been consistently cautious about the recovery. A trampoline bounce in Q3 was built in and indeed looks to have happened, possibly more strongly than
View the full article here. House prices will fall by almost 14 per cent next year once the government’s temporary cut in stamp duty
Throughout August, the UK housing market defied gravity yet again, with unofficial measures putting average prices at record highs. This is at odds with the
The UK economy could lose almost half a trillion pounds of output if workers fail to return to their offices, a study estimates. Douglas
There has been some lively discussion in the media during the past week about what looks like a leak from Downing Street suggesting that taxes
There are quite a lot of different impacts on the economy that are likely to follow from the reopening of schools next month. The most
This month saw the release of Q2 GDP data for most eurozone countries as well as the UK and the US. The picture was one
The number of people dining out during the week has surged this month since the introduction of Eat Out to Help Out, bringing in hundreds of
When the Eat Out to Help Out scheme was announced in early July many, myself included, were sceptical. It sounded like a bit of a
This week Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy, in a column in the Spectator, points out that the take up of tech is much more
The Centre for Economics and Business Research is one group that feels all of London will suffer if it loses the aura of being an
The coronavirus pandemic has caused £2.3bn of spending to be lost or displaced in shops, pubs and cafes near London employment hubs, according to new
Cebr opens its London offices for the first time since the lockdown started on Monday, 3 August. We plan to split the team into two groups,
William McChesney Martin served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank Board of Governors for an astonishing 20 years under five Presidents. But he is
The study showed a demand for more flexible working, up from a tenth in 2019 The survey found 32% of people expecting to at least
View the full article here. The number of London workers operating from home will double to 25 per cent over the next five years,
Probably the most important change caused by the coronavirus pandemic for many households is the increase in working at home. While the national lockdown compelled
Last week it became legal to use an e-scooter on UK public roads – provided it is rented from one of the Government-approved schemes that
View the full article here. The high productivity of Hong Kong citizens and the tendency of migrants to work hard as they establish themselves
The Foreign Secretary has developed proposals for a bespoke immigration route for the 2.8 million Hong Kong people who currently have the status of being British
BRITONS are expected to spend £210million at pubs this weekend following the coronavirus lockdown. After three months since the lockdown was imposed on March
A third of adults are planning a trip to the pub when they reopen at the weekend in a much-needed boost for landlords, new research
Three-and-a-half months since their enforced closure, the great British pub is set to return next weekend. Tastes for alcohol have certainly not subsided during the
View the full article here. Fact check: are Britain’s wealthiest really paying just 20 per cent tax? Since the turn of the century the
Having already suffered pestilence, do we need to look out for the other three apocalyptic horsemen from the Book of Revelations: war, famine and death*?
The below is an amended version of an article published in the Daily Mail on 10 June. The economy has started to recover from
By DOUG MCWILLIAMS FOR THE DAILY MAIL View the full article here The economy has started to recover from the depths that it plumbed during
Installing full fibre broadband across the UK could create 1.2m skilled jobs by 2025 while allowing a quarter of workers to be based at home,
The Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR) said on April 14 that property prices would fall 13% by the end of 2020. On April
FORECASTING EYE SPECIAL The UK economy is certainly starting to revive from its coronavirus caused crash and will continue to do so as lockdown diminishes.
Household confidence is stabilising but consumers are still highly pessimistic about their personal finances, a closely watched survey shows. The gradual easing of the
Normally one of the key economic goals is higher productivity. Indeed, one of the UK’s major economics weaknesses has been the stagnation of productivity since
View the full article here. The CEBR thinks sectors such as retail, catering and hospitality could benefit by as much as half a billion
View the full article here. An extra bank holiday in October this year could give the parts of the economy hit hardest by the
Eight years ago we published some estimates on ‘the cost of a bank holiday’ which have been repeatedly quoted ever since. Even at the time
The shift could reverse three decades of ascendancy. Before it was blown off course by covid-19, Boris Johnson’s government had big plans to reshape the
We’re pleased to announce that Cebr has been awarded 1st place in the Forex forecasting category of this year’s Focus Economics Analyst Forecasting Awards.
Authors: Shanker Singham, CEO – Competere, Douglas McWilliams, Deputy Chairman – Cebr and Cristian Niculescu-Marcu, Director of Economic Analysis – Cebr The Trade Bill
Anticipated business recovery time increases to 28 weeks, suggesting the longer lockdown persists, the longer it will take to rebuild Despite this, more than two-fifths
Nearly half a million people in the UK now earn enough of a living as artists, musicians or writers to cite it as their main
Adults in lockdown Britain are spending almost £250 million a week extra on food, alcohol, entertainment and indoor hobbies, research has found. Consumers are spending an
More than 1m businesses have warned that they could not survive another three months of the coronavirus lockdown, after the prime minister last night announced