05 October 2017 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY BUMP ON THE ROAD: A little deflation to a British manufacturing success story. Brompton, makers of those so-elegant and useful folding bicycles, has had to initiate a recall of every bike it has made since April 2014. It has discovered a fault with an axle component… Continue reading Issue 123 :2017 10 05:Week in Brief Financial
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Issue 122:2017 09 28:Silly season of a Corbynista (Don Urquhart)
28 September 2017 Silly Season Diary of a Corbynista All roads lead to Brighton 6 September A document turns up in the Guardian offices. It claims to be a leaked Home Office immigration strategy. The nub of it is closing the doors to unskilled labour on the day we leave the European Union. It has… Continue reading Issue 122:2017 09 28:Silly season of a Corbynista (Don Urquhart)
Issue 105:2017 05 18:Week in Brief financial
18 May 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY PENSIONED OFF: How can you run a profitable business and still go bust? Having an underfunded pension scheme is always a reliable way, as several British businesses have recently found out when trying to reorganise themselves. Latest is Tata Steel, the UK arm of the… Continue reading Issue 105:2017 05 18:Week in Brief financial
Issue 62:2016 07 14:Week in Brief (Financial)
14 July 2016 Week in Brief: Business and the City TATA REVIEWS DATA: In an abrupt and unexpected reversal of intent, Tata Steel have announced that they now do not intend to sell the Port Talbot steelworks in South Wales, which they announced earlier this year. The sale of the Scunthorpe plant which makes rail… Continue reading Issue 62:2016 07 14:Week in Brief (Financial)
