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ICAEW’s first UK Economic Forecast is published today, and it predicts 0.5% contraction this year with a return to growth of just 0.9% in 2013. Our research suggests a 0.9% fall in business investment in 2013, too, which is far from the OB...
Business confidence is up and GDP growth could be back to 0.6%, but 2012 continues to look like a year of uncertainty for the UK economy.
The latest ICAEW/Grant Thornton Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) shows an upturn in confidence bu...
2012 will be another year of uncertainty for UK businesses, with scaled down investment plans, reluctance to take on new staff, pay remaining flat, and exports at a standstill. It’s a grim picture.
That’s the forecast from the ICAEW/ Gra...
As the Chancellor prepares his Autumn Statement, ICAEW has drawn up a list of 12 policy actions to restore business confidence in the short-term.
The economy is at a critical stage and we fear there is a real risk of a double dip reces...
Exports, the great hope of the British economy, will need more support to grow -and we made a small start on this yesterday.
Speaking alongside the Prime Minister and Vince Cable, I launched a new version of UKTI’s International Trade:...
Our latest Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) published today (Wednesday) shows a massive decline in business confidence and reflects just how rocky things could become.
It also suggests that the economy will contract in the last quarter of the...
It’s nearly Christmas. And as I write my own Christmas cards, wishing people the very best for 2011, it is also an opportune time to attempt a little bit of crystal ball gazing at a more professional level. There is no doubt that the pas...