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  • Morrisons to shut 100 convenience stores as supermarket blames Labour’s ‘policy choices’ for rising costs
  • April borrowing surges to £24.3bn as debt interest bill breaks month record
  • Jaguar Land Rover eyes American tie-up with Stellantis to sidestep Trump tariffs
  • Labour eyes £1bn VAT raid on airport charges in stealth blow to family holidays
  • Blame the system, not the school leavers for youth unemployment, says Amazon’s UK boss
  • Potters win £120m rescue as government finally backs Britain’s ceramics heartland
  • Reeves serves up summer of savings with VAT cut on family days out
  • Andrew trade envoy files: Queen ‘very keen’ ex-prince led UK plc abroad, Whitehall papers reveal
  • HS2 reset to punch £33bn black hole in Britain’s public finances
  • Youth jobs in retreat: IFS warns Britain is sliding back to Covid-era lows

Tag: recession

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Business must unite and tell Boris, ‘never mind the baubles,’ we want to get back to work

20 November 2020 Opinion Charlie Mullins 3 Comments

Businesses have rolled over and absorbed far too much of a basting from this Government over Covid and it’s time to stand up and tell it to get stuffed.

Empty London street

Retreat into a second lockdown deflated Britain’s summer bounce

12 November 2020 Opinion Charlie Mullins 21 Comments

The latest GDP figures showing the country’s record recovery after the first lockdown highlight what a catastrophic decision it was to impose an unnecessary second shutdown.

worker

Hard work of ‘real people’ fuelling economic growth

25 October 201325 October 2013 Opinion Charlie Mullins 0 Comments

At something like £383-odd billion, the economy has grown by at least 0.8% in the three months to the end of September, according to the latest GDP figures released today.

Chancellor George Osborne

Economic figures just don’t add up

20 February 2013 Columns, Opinion Charlie Mullins 2 Comments

More people are in work than ever before and the FTSE was up 500 points on where it closed at the end of 2012. Yet we are teetering on the brink of a triple-dip recession. Something just doesn’t add up and maybe the Chancellor’s Budget next month might just give us the answer.

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Entrepreneurs have never been more valuable to the country than right now

14 November 201214 November 2012 Columns, Opinion Charlie Mullins 1 Comment

Right now, as we finally seem to be emerging from recession, we are perhaps more reliant on entrepreneurs than any time in recent history.

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Morrisons is preparing to pull down the shutters on 100 loss-making convenience stores in a move that places hundreds of shop-floor jobs in jeopardy, with the Bradford-based grocer pointing the finger squarely at Labour's tax and wage agenda for tipping the sites into terminal decline.

Morrisons to shut 100 convenience stores as supermarket blames Labour’s ‘policy choices’ for rising costs

Morrisons is closing 100 loss-making convenience stores, putting hundreds of jobs at risk, and has blamed Labour’s “policy choices” for the rising costs eroding profitability.

April borrowing surges to £24.3bn as debt interest bill breaks month record

Jaguar Land Rover eyes American tie-up with Stellantis to sidestep Trump tariffs

Labour eyes £1bn VAT raid on airport charges in stealth blow to family holidays

Blame the system, not the school leavers for youth unemployment, says Amazon’s UK boss

Potters win £120m rescue as government finally backs Britain’s ceramics heartland

Brad Burton interview: how the UK’s no.1 motivational speaker rebuilt after lockdown wiped out 4Networking, and survived a four-year online stalking campaign

Nightlife chief brands Chancellor’s summer VAT cut a ‘superficial fix’ that abandons clubs and festivals

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Manufacturing company recovers thousands from mis-sold energy contracts

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