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Economic map of Britain set to be transformed

29 May 2009 [0 Comments | 78 views]

Newcastle, Leeds, Liverpool and Brighton are set to emerge as supercities, and the economic map of Great Britain is set to be transformed as centres for gaming, wind farms and robotics replace factories, power stations and livestock. Or so says a new report from HSBC. It really is a fascinating study, and one that coincides quite closely with the view expressed here often enough, that the credit crunch can be a force for positive change, if we let it.
House prices see May lift

29 May 2009 [1 Comment | 88 views]

"When April comes with its sweet showers ... then people long to go on pilgrimages." Well, that’s the gist of the first few lines of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. It seems that today one can take a different slant and say, once that April's showers give rise to May’s sun, folks long to go on that great pilgrimage to the local estate agent. House prices jumped in May, according to the Nationwide. This follows a mere 0.3 per cent fall in the previous month and a
Microsoft lays down the challenge to Google

29 May 2009 [0 Comments | 98 views]

At last we may be seeing some serious competition for Google. Yesterday, Microsoft unveiled its latest attempt to start clawing back market share from the seemingly unbeatable Google. This time it’s a new search engine, and this time Microsoft seems to think it has found something special.
It will be a long, hot summer for graduates and school-leavers, but jobs are there for those who can market themselves

29 May 2009 [0 Comments | 67 views]

If you are set to leave school shortly, or graduate from university, here is some advice: start another course. According to KPMG, the latest CIPD/KPMG Labour Market Outlook report highlights a job market sure to strike fear into school-leavers and graduates taking first steps into the job market.
Cheer up: by this time in 2011 you may be a millionaire

29 May 2009 [0 Comments | 51 views]

There’s bad news for millionaires. There’s fewer of you around now. If you have been relegated from the millionaire class, cheer up though, you probably didn’t even realize you were a millionaire in the first place. According to the Centre of Economics and Business Research
Supermarkets continue to grab market share

29 May 2009 [0 Comments | 146 views]

Here’s your question for the day. There’s a recession on, and yet food sales are rising. Okay, we have all got to eat, so you can understand why food sales may stay static, but why should food sales go up? For that matter, how has Waitrose managed to enjoy 4 per cent growth over the last year? Yesterday saw the latest report from TNS Worldpanel, indicating market share for the various supermarkets. Meanwhile, Nielsen released some interesting findings about shopping patterns. But first let’s answer that initial question: why are food sales doing well in a recession?
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