05 January 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY GLOOMY START: First fashion retailer to comment on its winter trading results is Next, long regarded as an exemplar of that famously roller coaster sector. But last year its winter sales were poor and shocked the market; it vowed that this season it would get… Continue reading Issue 86 2017 01 05:Week in Brief Financial
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Issue 47: 2016 03 31: Week in Brief Financial
31 March 2016 Week in Brief: Business and the City GRIM NEWS FOR THE VALLEYS: 2015 was a terrible year for the British steel manufacturing industry. Battered by cheap Chinese and Indian imported steel, many UK plants making non-speciality steel gave up the struggle and closed down, with thousands of job losses. Now… Continue reading Issue 47: 2016 03 31: Week in Brief Financial
Issue 35: 2016 01 07: Week in Brief BUSINESS AND THE CITY
07 January 2016 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY CHINA SYNDROME: The troubles of the Chinese economy continue to tantalise observers. China has of course a much less transparent reporting regime than most business analysts are used to. Some of the business that grew so fast in the years of the Chinese economic miracle… Continue reading Issue 35: 2016 01 07: Week in Brief BUSINESS AND THE CITY
