20 October 2016 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY TROUBLE AT T’SHOP: As if food retail were not difficult enough, ASDA has a new problem in the aisles – or, really, a long running old one. This difficulty is on the cost side rather than the usual difficulty of trying to entice the customers… Continue reading Issue 76: 2016 10 20: Week in Brief: Financial
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Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Week in Brief: Business
11 August 2016 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY NOT TO THE POINT: The troubled saga of the new Hinckley Point power station – or at least, the lack of construction thereof – continues. As readers will recollect, EDF, the French mainly state owned company who had entered into complex arrangements with the British… Continue reading Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Week in Brief: Business
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 8: 2015 06 25: Financial news
25 June 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY WORKING HARDER: Or, at least, more efficiently. The Bank of England has several times in recent years expressed serious concerns over UK productivity – lack of, that is, compared with the USA and most of Europe – blaming factors from difficult commuting conditions to the… Continue reading Issue 8: 2015 06 25: Financial news
