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 Hunt, delivered on Monday as he dialled down the generosity in post-March arrangements for business. The new formula is not quite one size fits all, but it’s not far off. Energy-intensive
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 supondría un crecimiento anual del 0,8%, según ha publicado Sage en su estudio ‘SMBs Driving Economy Recovery’, desarrollado en colaboración con el Centro para la Investigación Económica y de Negocios
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 was added only in 7 years. The 3rd trillion was added in just 5 years in 2019. The growing momentum could see India add on average 1 trillion dollar to
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 e-cigarettes such as vaping could boost the British economy by billions. A major report – Economic impact assessment of the vaping industry – by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) has
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. Forecasters at the Centre for Economics and Business Research analysed growth trends after the financial crisis in 2007 to 2009 and from these estimated that by 2025 the number of
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 in western Europe means the price of gas – now around £1.80 a therm – is lower than before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine almost a year ago. Demand is also
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 second half of this year, according to a new study. Law firm Irwin Mitchell, which has an office on Glasgow’s West Regent Street, has revealed its latest City Tracker that
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 return to growth in the second half of this year. The City Tracker study has been produced by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) and examines 50 locations
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 centre Manchester’s economy will return to growth in the final three months of 2023 but at a slower rate than Liverpool and other large cities including Birmingham and Edinburgh, according
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 our human existence. From online learning and dating, to managing our finances and making each other laugh, the degree to which the Internet has shaped our lives in a relatively
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 than telling white collar workers to find alternative means of transport to get to the office – as was customary pre-Covid – TfL advised people to “work from home if
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 is braced to endure one of its largest rail strikes ever tomorrow with just one in ten services running. Most unions are expected to reject the new package, worth four
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 economías se contraerán por las medidas implementadas para combatir la inflación. Durante 2022 la economía mundial superó los 100 billones de dólares, sin embargo, para el próximo año se estancaría a
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 2037, owing to its macroeconomic stability, strong remittance flows and a robust export market. The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) last year projected that Bangladesh would become the
The battle against inflation is not won yet. The fact that core inflation rates, which strip out volatile food and energy prices, have crept up across developed economies, says a CEBR report. Though price growth deceleration has started to happen in some economies, there still remains volatility in global energy markets and entrenched core inflation