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Recession storm clouds gather as consumer spending plummets 
Posted on  26-05-2011 09:44:06 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  News Desk


News Desk

Consumers are not spending, and the economy is heading closer to recession with GDP figures that are anemic with 0.5 per cent growth in the beginning of the year.


Higher inflation figures is putting severe pressure on household’s ability to spend money, with ...

  
Marks and Spencer’s plans to target shoppers by "affluence and ethnicity" 
Posted on  25-05-2011 09:27:53 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  News Desk


News Desk

Retail giant Marks & Spencers has taken "targeted marketing" a step further today with plans to transform existing stores so that they target local demographics like affluence, ethnicity, and local competition, in what is being described as the biggest change in emphasis in ...


  
Banks facing £10 billion hit for "mis-selling" insurance 
Posted on  06-05-2011 08:10:41 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  City News Desk


City News Desk

Banks who were mis-selling pay protection insurance face a potential claim of £10 billion according to an admission by the Lloyds Banking Group who has said that it has more than doubled it original provision of £3.2 billion for any claims.


Dan ...

  
No rise in interest rates, Bank of England chief warns of risk to economy of hikes 
Posted on  03-05-2011 08:20:25 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  City News Desk



City News Desk

The Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King has said that the high level of debts across Europe pose "massive" challenges, and if interest were to go up the problems would be made worse; signalling that the Monetary Policy Committee ...

  
UK economy grows by a staggering.....0.5 per cent 
Posted on  27-04-2011 12:58:38 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  City News Desk


City News Desk

The UK is not heading towards a double-dip recession according to official figures by the Office for National Statistics which has shown the UK GDP rise by 0.5 per cent.

The ONS said:

"Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by ...


  
Bank of England keeps record low interest rates 
Posted on  07-04-2011 12:24:18 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  City News Desk



City News Desk

The economic slow down is worse than expected with the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee voting to maintain the official Bank Rate paid on commercial bank reserves at 0.5%. The Committee also voted to maintain the stock of asset purchases financed ...

  
New York Mayor woos London banks to "Big Apple" 
Posted on  31-03-2011 04:43:13 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  City News Desk

City News Desk - Mayor comments 4:30pm

Banking giant Barclays is threatening to move its global headquarters to New York, if the UK continues with "over regulation" of banks, with the Mayor of New York  Michael Bloomberg claiming last night “I hope they move here. That ...


  
Economic recovery hopes dashed with bleak levels on household income 
Posted on  30-03-2011 05:24:31 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  City News Desk

City News Desk

Sustained recovery to the economy took another blow after a real household income drops to the lowest for 30 years.

The office for National Statistics reported an overall fall of 0.8% in real household disposable income - this is the lowest since ...


 
Tower Hamlets social enterprise CEO elected Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum 
Posted on  10-03-2011 02:15:11 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  News Desk

News Desk

Lily Lapenna, leader of financial and enterprise education charity MyBnk has been honoured as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.

The SOAS graduate created the UK’s first ever FSA friendly, independent, peer-led and online, youth banking scheme. In just three ...


  
St Martins on the look for next Facebook with £20 million fund 
Posted on  10-03-2011 10:51:20 AM (GMT +01:00)
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News Desk

World acclaimed central London based Central St Martins has pooled its experience in the innovative arts fields with a US based design consultancy "METHOD" to help existing students with ideas that can be developed and brought to the market, and is hoped it may ...


  
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