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July 4, 2016

Cebr in the News

Analysis of the economic implications of the EU referendum in the news:

 

On 9th June, Faisal Islam, Political Editor at Sky News, described Cebr as “the UK’s leading private economic auditor of manifesto pledges”, during a live interview in which he called on MP Michael Gove to have his claim that a Brexit would mean an extra £350m a week for the NHS, audited by Cebr. In response, Cebr President Douglas McWilliams wrote to the Vote Leave campaign offering to audit the claim, but received no response.

 

Cebr’s Managing Economist Danae Kyriakopoulou was the economic expert on-call to audit the CNN’s flagship Brexit debate, hosted by Christiane Amanpour.

 

Cebr’s report for the Britain Stronger In Campaign, which estimated that 49,530 jobs in Wales and 20,000 manufacturing jobs in Northern Ireland are created as a result of EU membership, was covered by the BBC. BloombergBloomberg Technology, the Independent, the Belfast Telegraph and Ria Novosti.

 

The news that YouGov/Cebr’s Consumer Confidence Index has plummeted to 104.3 from 111.9 in the week after Britain voted to leave the EU was covered by The Times, the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian (x2), Reuters (x2), the Independent, This is Money, the Daily Mail and Bloomberg (x2).

 

Cebr President, Douglas McWilliam’s forecast that part of the £6bn in investment that had been held back ahead of the EU referendum, would go ahead even if the country voted for a Brexit, resulting in a ‘mini-boom’, was covered by the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, Les Echos, the Daily Mail and City AM.

 

Cebr’s forecast for the implications on the housing market for a vote to leave were quoted by the Daily Telegraph and City AM. Analysis around the effects of Brexit on UK consumer confidence was covered by the Financial Times and the Scotsman.

 

Chief Economic Advisor, Vicky Pryce, was quoted by Deutsche Welle and City AM commenting on the economic uncertainty surrounding a vote for Brexit. Vicky was also interviewed by Reuters about The City, the UK economy, boardrooms and Scottish Independence.

 

Commenting on the growth prospects of the Eurozone, President Douglas McWilliams was quoted in the Independent.

 

Senior Economist Nina Skero was interviewed for the Chinese programme Global Connection and CCTV, compiled by Reuters, discussing the implications of Brexit on the UK housing market.

 

Reuters Brexit and the housing market (2)

 

Managing Economist Danae Kyriakopoulou was interviewed by Share Radio discussing the potential economic implications of Prime Minister David Cameron’s first meeting with EU leaders since the UK’s vote to leave. Commenting on the economic implications of economic policy making in Brussels upon Britain’s departure, Danae was quoted by Money Marketing and by Fast Company. Danae was also interviewed by Russia 24 on the impact of Brexit on the European economy and the ECB.

 

Commenting on the impact of Brexit on the value of the euro, Economist Kay Neufeld was quoted by Radio Free Europe and This is Money.

 

Senior Economist Alasdair Cavalla was quoted in the Financial Times commenting on the effects of a Brexit on the US economy.

 

Economist Sam Alderson was quoted in Reuters commenting on the effects of the run up to the EU referendum debate on borrowing in the UK.

 

Bespoke research in the news:

 

Representatives of DMCC were invited to speak at this year’s World Trade Symposium on ‘The Future of Trade’ report by Cebr and DMCC, which found that as many as 350 million businesses would begin exporting goods for the first time if they were to adopt an end-to-end digital strategy.

 

Research by Cebr and CGI on the awareness of cyber security risks in UK boardrooms which found that more than a third of the UK’s business chiefs believe that their company would be the subject of cyber crime at some point in the next 12 months. The findings were covered by City AM.

 

Cebr’s research with Saga found that in 2013 the over 50s in the UK spent roughly £1.9bn on cruise holidays and that this would increase to £2.8bn by 2020. The results were covered by the Yorkshire Post.

Regular research:

 

BDO Monthly Business Trends Indices for June 2016 indicated that business optimism had fallen in the run up to the referendum and was covered in the BBC.

 

The Asda Income Tracker for June 2016 saw disposable income of a typical familyrise to £201 per week. The findings were covered by the The Times, City AM,  Daily Mail and the Week.

 

Analysis in the news:

 

Danae Kyriakopoulou was quoted commenting on inflation in the Eurozone by City AM,

 

Vicky Pryce was interviewed by Reuters on the Chinese export slowdown, the impact of the global economic climate on Korea’s shipping industry and corporate bond buying by the ECB.

 

Senior Economist Alasdair Cavalla was quoted commenting on the US’s upward GDP revision by City AM.

 

 

 

 

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