10 August 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY POWER BOOST: As the government ponders what to do, if anything, about promises made to review consumer electricity and gas prices, here comes some more competition to the supply side. It is serious competition indeed – Royal Dutch Shell, the oil drilling, refining, and retailing… Continue reading Issue 117:2017 08 10:Week in Brief Financial
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Issue 29: 2015 11 19 Business news
19 November 2015 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY UP THE WORKERS: Good news for workers in the UK economy; after six years of falling or flat-lining real wages, average wage inflation was 1.9% in the year ended April 2015. In fact wages only rose by 1.8%, but as the economy saw deflation of… Continue reading Issue 29: 2015 11 19 Business news
Issue3:2015 05 21: Business and the City
21 May 2015 Week in brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY . DEFLATION: For the first time for many years official government figures showed that the UK economy is in deflation, with the measuring basket of prices falling 0.1% in the last year (to end of April). This is caused by a range of factors, but… Continue reading Issue3:2015 05 21: Business and the City