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Versicherungsbote – KMU bewältigen wirtschaftliche Krisensituationen leichter
February 1, 2023

In diesen Zeiten wirtschaftlicher Turbulenzen sind alle Augen auf die Wirtschaft gerichtet. Wie es um sie steht, darüber gibt die im Januar 2023 veröffentlichte Sage-Studie

Construction News – ESG filter could help level up UK project opportunities, report argues
February 1, 2023

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) property valuation techniques could help to unlock development opportunities for the construction industry outside urban centres, according to new research from

The Telegraph – The public sector must ban working from home – or face collapse
January 30, 2023

Calls remain unanswered. Emails are routinely ignored. Appointments are missed, meetings are rescheduled and the post doesn’t get sent out.  We already knew that the UK

French economy set to further surpass pre-pandemic levels in 2023, while UK and Germany fall back
January 30, 2023

Would you expect an economy with a high tax burden and one of the earliest retirement ages in the developed world to be amongst the

CNBC – India is a true bright spot in the midst of a global downturn, top execs and policymakers say
January 27, 2023

Many at the World Economic Forum in Davos described India as a bright spot on the world stage. Infrastructure spending, foreign investment, the digital transition

The Telegraph – Public sector to cost UK ‘tens of billions’ as Jacob Rees-Mogg blames working from home
January 27, 2023

Ex-business secretary hits out at ‘middle rank’ of employees as productivity languishes Tens of billions of pounds in additional funding will be required to keep

Bloomberg – Londoners Escape Worst of Inflation Crisis With Big Pay Hikes
January 24, 2023

Real wages are falling less in the capital than elsewhere Findings add to pressure for government ‘leveling-up’ strategy London residents are weathering the cost-of-living crunch

The Irish News – Household spending power in Northern Ireland ‘by far lowest in UK’
January 24, 2023

HOUSEHOLDS’ spending power in Northern Ireland is fast diminishing as the cost of living crisis continues to bite. The region endured the UK’s largest percentage

Bloomberg – The Global Economy Needs a New Powerhouse. India Is Stepping Up
January 24, 2023

Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to make India a developed nation. How soon can a country once synonymous with red tape become a $10 trillion

World Economic Forum – India at Davos 2023: From energy transition to gender parity, here are 5 highlights
January 24, 2023

From the economy to the energy transition, India’s action on crucial global issues was a major topic of discussion at the World Economic Forum’s Annual

Evening Standard – Hunt ‘wants to extend 5p fuel duty cut another year’
January 24, 2023

The Chancellor wants to extend the reduction in the price of petrol and diesel The Chancellor is reportedly planning to extend the 5p fuel duty

Higher earnings growth and lower inflation rates are causing a ‘levelling down’ among UK regions, with real weekly earnings down by just £9 in London in the year to Q4 2022, compared to £19 across the country as a whole
January 23, 2023

As the Government this week unveiled the second round of its Levelling Up funding, amounting to £2.1 billion, renewed focus has been placed on the

The Times – Going up or down — what next for house prices?
January 20, 2023

Sellers and buyers are returning but have very different expectations Crystal balls had been polished, a mini-budget had wreaked havoc, the economy was tipping into

CNN – India flexes its muscle at Davos as China’s star fades
January 20, 2023

Davos, Switzerland (CNN) The promenade at the World Economic Forum, dusted in a blanket of fresh snow, is cluttered with signs and pavilions from companies

Dhaka Tribune – When will Bangladesh’s economy reach the $1tn milestone?
January 20, 2023

The country is moving ahead to become a strong economy in the next decade, with its GDP reaching the $465-billion mark in 2022 In the

Globetrender – Gen Z and Millennial travel intentions revealed for 2023
January 20, 2023

Research shows that Gen Z and Millennial travellers plan to take longer trips in the year ahead, as well as live in multiple cities. Rose

YouGov – Consumer confidence sees a small New Year bounce as outlook for household finances improves
January 20, 2023

Consumer confidence saw a slight increase over December (+1.0)  Index improves thanks to rising short-term (+3.3) and forward-looking (+8.8) household finance measures   Retrospective house value

The New Statesman – Why strikers now have the upper hand
January 18, 2023

The pool of available workers remains vanishingly small. That puts unions in a position of strength. As the previous economic crisis snowballed in 2008, one

more2life – Almost two in five over-55s saw costs exceed income in 2022
January 18, 2023

Almost two in five over-55s (39%) said that their outgoings exceeded their income during parts of 2022, new data from more2life and economics consultancy Cebr

The Independent – The true impact of strikes in Britain revealed — £6bn and counting
January 17, 2023

Warning of ‘unsustainable’ hit comes as number of working days lost to strikes hits 30-year high Rishi Sunak’s government has been warned about the crippling

Finextra – What the banks vs fintech debate gets wrong
January 17, 2023

The boom in real-time payments is reverberating across the world, and by 2026 they will make up 25% of all electronic payments. Market forces and

Research Live – Consumer Confidence Up in December
January 17, 2023

UK – Consumer confidence in the UK rose slightly in December driven by significant improvements in outlook for household finances, according to analysis from YouGov

BQ Prime – Davos WEF 2023: Climate Leader India Can Show The Way To World
January 17, 2023

As the 53rd World Economic Forum Annual Meeting is underway at Davos, climate change and India are taking centre stage. The theme of the meeting

The Telegraph – Households blow through lockdown savings as bills soar
January 16, 2023

Six in ten households have spent their pandemic savings to keep up with inflation The majority of families have now spent all their pandemic savings

The Manufacturer – GEEKVAPE invests over £120m in smart manufacturing centre
January 16, 2023

GEEKBAR, a vape technology brand, is taking intelligent manufacturing to new heights by investing more than £120m into setting up a futuristic production facility, as

Bloomberg – Inflation And Tax Breaks Making Inequality Worse, UK Groups Say
January 16, 2023

THE divide between the richest and poorest families in the UK is being made worse by sky-high inflation and “unnecessary” tax breaks, a pair of

Poorest households significantly more pessimistic than richer ones as new analysis shows 60% of consumers have burned through all their Covid savings maintaining their lifestyles amid the cost-of-living crisis
January 16, 2023

The December edition of the YouGov/Cebr Consumer Confidence Index released last week saw consumers grow less pessimistic with a 1.0 point improvement in the overall

The Times – Rishi Sunak could get a £10 billion windfall from falling energy prices
January 13, 2023

Falling energy prices will give the government a windfall of nearly £10 billion before the budget and drive down inflation by a further 3 per

Property Reporter – 2023 – the year for purchasers or landlords?
January 13, 2023

Capital Economics expects prices to fall by 12% through to 2024, the Centre for Economic Business Research believes that prices will fall by 8-10% during 2023, and Zoopla

Reuters – Pessimism among UK consumers eases as inflation peaks, poll says
January 12, 2023

LONDON, Jan 12 (Reuters) – British consumers turned a little bit less pessimistic in December as inflation started to fall back from historic highs, a

The Washington Post – Why Strike-Averse Britain Is Gripped by Industrial Action
January 12, 2023

Britain isn’t accustomed to the waves of labor unrest that can be a fact of life in countries where the right to strike is enshrined

The Telegraph – How far house prices will fall, according to the experts
January 12, 2023

House prices are widely expected to fall this year, as soaring mortgage rates substantially cut how much buyers can borrow. But there is a wide

The Guardian – New energy bills support package for business is not finely targeted, but broadly reasonable
January 11, 2023

A perfect energy support package, whether for households or business, would be targeted at those most in need. That is not what the chancellor, Jeremy

Forbes España – El número de pymes en España crecerá en 63.000 en tres años, un aumento interanual del 0,8%, según Sage
January 11, 2023

Las pymes «resistirán» la actual incertidumbre económica y se prevé que se creen 63.000 nuevas pequeñas y medianas empresas entre 2022 y 2025, lo que

Invest India – India’s growing strides towards 10 trillion dollar economy
January 11, 2023

India is currently a $ 3.1 trillion economy. It took India 60 years since Independence to become one trillion-dollar economy, but the next trillion dollars

Express – NHS would save more than £600m a year if half of smokers switched to vaping says report
January 10, 2023

As Brits set new year’s resolutions to go on diets or give up smoking a report has suggested that giving up traditional cigarettes for safer

The Times – Small firms ‘will rebound to turn over more than ever’
January 10, 2023

Small and mid-sized businesses will contribute more of UK business turnover by 2025 as they bounce back quickly from the expected recession, researchers have predicted.

The Times – Gas price dip signals £13bn ‘windfall’
January 10, 2023

Tumbling gas prices thanks to unseasonably warm weather could save the government billions of pounds in energy subsidies and debt interest payments, raising questions about

This is Money – Plummeting gas prices may ease inflation and speed economic recovery, CEBR report says
January 10, 2023

Falling energy prices will ease inflation, reduce peak borrowing costs and boost economic recovery later this year, says a new report. An exceptionally warm winter

New year, new gas price forecast – enough to stave off a recession?
January 9, 2023

A month ago, our assumption about the wholesale gas price was that it would stay around £2.50 per therm on average through the next financial

The Scotsman – Edinburgh and Glasgow to be among fastest-growing UK locations as country emerges from recession in H2
January 6, 2023

Edinburgh and Glasgow are set to see their economies rank amongst the fastest growing in the UK as the country emerges from recession in the

Huddersfield Hub – Huddersfield Economy Amongst ‘Least Hard Hit’ By Cost-Of-Living Crisis And Return To Growth Expected In Late 2023, Says New Study
January 5, 2023

A new study has some good news for the Huddersfield economy at the start of 2023. The Irwin Mitchell City Tracker expects Huddersfield’s economy to

Business Cheshire – Manchester’s economy to see sluggish growth as UK emerges from recession in mid-2023, says report
January 5, 2023

Liverpool, Birmingham and Edinburgh expected to grow more quickly than Manchester Report reveals contrast in growth between performance of economies in Greater Manchester and city

City A.M. – As the Internet turns forty, we must invest in digital skills to make London the epicentre of a new wave of innovation
January 5, 2023

The modern Internet as we know it officially turned middle-aged on the first day of January 2023. It’s no exaggeration to say it has transformed

The Telegraph – With strikes paralysing Britain, bosses have lost their grip on where we work
January 5, 2023

When RMT union members closed the London Underground last March, Transport for London assumed a similar role to health chiefs during the coronavirus pandemic.  Rather

Daily Mail – Rail commuters are told to brace for ‘Tragic Thursday’ tomorrow with just 10% of services running on the worst day of action in decades – but drivers are set to be offered £2,000 rise to end disputes
January 5, 2023

Train drivers may be offered an extra £2,000 a year as part of a new pay incentive to end the winter strikes chaos, while Britain

Falling house prices, a UK recession and weak financial markets – Our Top Ten for 2023…
December 30, 2022

2023 doesn’t look a great year for the UK – but the shafts of light are that inflation will be on its way down and

BusinessWorld – Philippines projected to be 27th biggest economy by 2037
December 28, 2022

THE PHILIPPINES is poised to become the 27th largest economy in the world by 2037, as gross domestic product (GDP) growth is expected to average 5%

EL CEO – 2023 llegará con una recesión mundial ante lucha contra la inflación: CEBR
December 28, 2022

El Centro de Investigación Económica y Empresarial (CEBR, por sus siglas en inglés) pronostica que para 2023 la economía mundial deberá afrontar una recesión debido a que diversas

The Business Standard – Bangladesh projected to be 20th largest economy by 2037
December 28, 2022

Bangladesh’s long-term outlook looks brighter as a leading London-based think tank projects the country to become the 20th largest economy out of 191 countries by

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