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Clegg calls upon Dragon to bring equality to jobs market
05/06/2013
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is teaming up with entrepreneur and former Dragon’s Den judge James Caan to make access to jobs fair and open for all talented young people.
Overall shop prices suffer shock deflation
05/06/2013
Overall shop prices reported annual deflation for the first time in over three and a half years, falling 0.1% after a 0.4% rise in April. Food inflation slowed to 2.4% in May from 2.9% in April. Non-food reported annual deflation of 1.5% in May accelerating from 1.0% in April.
Big business optimism returns as UK plc invests for growth
05/06/2013
Britain’s biggest businesses are preparing to invest billions of pounds in growth-related initiatives this year as optimism in the UK corporate sector returns according to research by Deloitte, the business advisory firm.
UK talent exodus on the horizon as economic outlook improves
05/06/2013
UK firms face a rising talent exodus as economic and labour market conditions improve, according to a new study from global management consultancy Hay Group, conducted in association with the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr).
Opinion: Government must focus on regional growth
05/06/2013
The UK economy has avoided falling into a triple dip recession after recording unexpected growth in the first quarter of the year and is set to continue to grow as CBI predict UK GDP will increase in 2014.
China's grocery market reaches US$1 trillion
05/06/2013
China, the world’s biggest food and grocery market, is now valued at more than US$1tn and is forecast to be worth US$1.5tn in 2016, according to latest figures published by IGD.
Retail sales increase despite mixed weather
04/06/2013
UK retail sales values were up 1.8% on a like-for-like basis from May 2012, when they had increased 1.3% on the preceding year. On a total basis, sales were up 3.4%, against a 3.4% increase in May 2012.
Is it really possible to learn a skill in twenty hours?
04/06/2013
Best-selling author Josh Kaufman was the latest speaker at the Like Minds Business Breakfast series today (Tuesday), looking at not just learning and skill acquisition, but how to simplify and accelerate these processes.
Further measures needed to get women to the top
04/06/2013
Proposals published around boosting opportunities for women in business is a step in the right direction, but still not far enough, says Beatrice Bartlay, Founder and Managing Director of 2B Interface. More focus should be placed on targeting women in mid-management positions, she suggested.
Report suggest better-off hit hardest by recession
04/06/2013
Falls in real earnings hit well-off households particularly hard after the recession, while many poorer households were initially relatively protected by the benefits system.
