Swansea Business Show
The Swansea Business Show lands at the LC Leisure Centre on Oystermouth Road in Swansea at 10 tomorrow morning. Captain Mike Leahy says there will be a pre-landing seminar with Business Guru Rob Warlow at 9.30. Rob’s book… Read the rest
THE FAILURE OF PUBLICLY OWNED VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDS
It would seem that Wales isn’t the only region that has problems with public investment into businesses.
According to an article in yesterday’s FT, an investment by taxpayers of £74 million into regional venture capital funds has been marked… Read the rest
FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT
It would seem that there have been various commentators suggesting, quite erroneously, that the Conservatives don’t have any policies to get the country out of recession.
Whilst that may suit the spin emanating from No 10, nothing could be further… Read the rest
NORTHERN IRELAND LEADS THE WAY AGAIN
Following their decision to delay the revaluation business premises, Northern Ireland has again shown the way to Wales on how to use devolution to reduce business rates and support the economy.
Whilst empty properties are liable to… Read the rest
Chancellor warns RBS over bonuses
Alistair Darling tells RBS failure should not be rewarded with huge bonuses, but says he cannot rule out pay-outs for some staff.
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Obama to urge speed on stimulus
President Barack Obama is set to renew calls on Congress to speed up the passage of his economic stimulus plan.
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‘Improve credit access’ urges CBI
The credit crunch will get worse for UK firms without government action to improve access to new finance, the CBI says.
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The worsening state of the UK economy
So what is the current state of the UK economy? Well, the current economic statistics do not look promising:
Supporting large local firms
Excellent article in the Financial Times today on the subject of supporting large local companies.
Whilst the focus is on Manchester, there are certainly lessons here for the Welsh Assembly Government in supporting indigenous businesses.
Focus should be on big… Read the rest
Punishing small firms
As readers of this blog will be aware, I have been a constant critic of this Assembly Government’s policy towards business rates, one of the few fiscal instruments which it has the power to reduce to help the private sector.… Read the rest
No Minister
Insightful article in the Sunday Times yesterday by Emma Duncan on the growing power of the civil servant in today’s society
“Even in boom times there’s a lot to be said for being a civil servant. Many of them… Read the rest
Increasing Market Share In Recession
By Felix Velarde, MD at [nurl=http://www.underwired.com]Underwired[/nurl]
There’s an old (and possibly hackneyed) adage that [i]“I know 50% of my advertising works, I just don’t know which 50%”[/i]. In these uncertain times marketers must begin to focus on the 50% that… Read the rest
