26 May 2016 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY BLOWS THE WIND FOR FRANCE? After many months, years indeed, of negotiations at all levels, the outlook for building the proposed Hinkley Point nuclear power station is still confused. Readers may recall that the power station, to be built and operated by EDF, the French… Continue reading Issue 55: 2016 05 26:Week in brief Financial
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Issue 54: 2016 05 19: Week in Brief: UK
19 May 2016 Week in Brief: UK Queen’s Speech MEASURES INCLUDED: the Queen’s speech included: a legal right to faster broadband (although residents in the remotest properties may have to contribute); restrictions on access to porn sites; measures to encourage driverless cars; a streamlining of planning; measures to make it easier to switch banks and… Continue reading Issue 54: 2016 05 19: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 49:2016 04 14: Week in Brief International
14 April 2016 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL Europe BRUSSELS: Five men were detained by police following anti-terrorist raids in Brussels. One of them is thought to be the third airport-bomber. Another is also thought to have been directly involved in the airport attack. EU: The European Court of Justice has handed down a judgment which… Continue reading Issue 49:2016 04 14: Week in Brief International
Issue 46: 2016 03 24: Week in Brief: UK
24 March 2016 Week in Brief: UK DWP: Iain Duncan Smith has resigned as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions following a proposal in the Budget to tighten the criteria for personal independence payments to disabled people of working age. Although Mr Duncan Smith had originally approved the change, he was unhappy at its… Continue reading Issue 46: 2016 03 24: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 45: 2016 03 17:Week in Brief FInancial
17 March 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY NUCLEAR FUSION: The doubts over whether the proposed new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point will ever get built continue to grow. Although Chancellor George Osborne and Prime Minister David Cameron have both said that building the power plant is vital for the UK’s… Continue reading Issue 45: 2016 03 17:Week in Brief FInancial
Issue 44: 2016 03 10: Week in Brief: UK
10 March 2016 Week in Brief: UK CANCER VACCINE: Scientists at King’s College London and the Biomedical Research Centre at Guy’s and St. Thomas’s NHS Trust have developed a vaccine that may eradicate cancer. The vaccine works by introducing the immune system to a small piece of a biological threat so that it could recognise… Continue reading Issue 44: 2016 03 10: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 44:2016 03 10: Week in Brief Financial
10 March 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS: The USA economy continues to outperform projections, at least so far as employment is concerned. In January the number of people in employment rose 172,000, above projections, and in February’s beat the forecasts again with 242,000 new jobs. A lot of this is… Continue reading Issue 44:2016 03 10: Week in Brief Financial
Issue 26: 2015 10 29: Week in Brief UK
29 October 2015 Week in Brief:UK TAX CREDITS: The disagreement between the Government and the House of Lords over the Chancellor’s plan to cut tax credits by £4 billion per annum from next April came to a head on Tuesday with peers voting to delay the cuts until, firstly, the government has responded to an… Continue reading Issue 26: 2015 10 29: Week in Brief UK
Issue 25: 2015 10 22: Business and the City
22 October 2015 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY IRON-IC: Right on cue, as if designed to coincide with the state visit of the Chinese President to London, much of the British steel industry announced bad news. Caparo Industries, part of the Paul family owned group of heavy industries primarily trading in the UK… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22: Business and the City
Issue 25: 2015 10 22: Week In Brief: UK
22 October 2015 Week In Brief: UK TAX CREDIT: The Chancellor’s plan to withdraw tax credits from next spring has come under fire from members of his own party who are concerned at the effect on low-paid working families. Those members include Lord Tebbit and the Bow Group. Since the changes are being introduced by… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22: Week In Brief: UK
Issue 19: 2015 09 10: Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY
10 September 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY WORLD ECONOMY: The slowdown in the Chinese economy is affecting share prices across the world. A survey of China’s manufacturing sector reported a 6 year low. The downturn has affected oil prices with Brent crude now trading at below US$50 a barrel. In the… Continue reading Issue 19: 2015 09 10: Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY
