After the initial credit crunch hit the US and began to spread around the world there was a period when many observers believed concerns had been overdone and the markets and economies around the...
This week sees a number of vital economic statistics in the UK with concerns that the rate of inflation is set to spike upwards in the early part of 2010. Recent figures have shown an increase in...
As we covered in one of our earlier articles, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has issued a new set of guidelines regarding bank stress tests which will effectively force each and every...
The New Economics Foundation has certainly set the cat amongst the pigeons today with the publication of a report which suggests that hospital cleaners are of more value to UK society than UK...
Today we saw confirmation that the recovery in the Eurozone economy may not be as robust and strong as many people had assumed. Unemployment in the third quarter in the Eurozone fell by 0.5%...
Financial trading outfit Tullet Prebon has announced plans to give London based staff the option of moving overseas in order to avoid the UK banking bonus tax which was announced by Alistair...
The revelation that UK financial outfit Tullet Prebon has given traders the option to relocate their trading desks overseas has been seen by many as a shot over the bows of the UK government. This...
There is speculation regarding the health of the UK economy and the potential for a double dip recession but in all honesty nobody is any the wiser regarding the short to medium term outlook. However, those on the UK high street have today expressed concern that Argos, one of the leaders in the UK retail market, has today revealed that seasonal recruitment for the Christmas period is down 40% on last year.