Don’t let the Eurozone split the single market September 25, 2011 Being a part of the developing European single market has provided huge benefits to the UK, both in terms of removing barriers to European trade and in helping the UK to compete in the global marketplace as part of a significant trading bloc that can go toe-to-toe with the US and the emerging Asian superpowers. [...]
RAPID RESPONSES September 25, 2011 Counting the cost Thank you for Tim Worstall’s excellent article criticising the financial transactions tax (FTT). The Institute for International Finance estimates that in the next five years new financial regulations will reduce real gross domestic product by 3.2 per cent, the loss equal to 7.5m jobs across the UK, US, Eurozone and Japan. Germany, [...]
Successful entrepreneurs’ advice on how to ride out the three-year glitch September 25, 2011 STARTING a business is not easy. It’s a monumental decision like getting married, buying a house or having children. So much energy goes into getting it off the ground in the first year that it seems odd to focus on the third. But the third year really does matter. It’s a decisive year when most [...]
You don’t need stacks of cash for marketing September 25, 2011 GUERRILLA marketing techniques used to be the only option for cash-strapped startups. Indeed, tales of startup business owners donning fancy dress, handing out flyers and doing stunts are not uncommon. Thankfully, the internet has changed the game a bit. The guerrilla spirit is still required, but nowhere near as much as a healthy dose of [...]
What to do if markets fall in step September 25, 2011 AFTER a tempestuous time in the markets last week, the good news is that things could be worse. The bad news is that they are probably going to get worse. The markets look set to turn very ugly in the coming weeks – Eurozone sovereign debt worries, European banking equities and increasingly dire macroeconomic indicators [...]
THE WEEK AHEAD September 25, 2011 COMPANY NEWS ● Ricardo announces today. In 1915, entrepreneur Sir Harry Ricardo formed Engine Patents, which is today Ricardo. The global multi-industry engineering company is headquartered in Shoreham-by-Sea. ● Tomorrow, Albemarle & Bond and Close Brothers announce. The former is the largest pawnbroker group in the UK, while the latter is a British bank. ● [...]
THE TIPSTER September 25, 2011 SHARES in Dominos Pizza tumbled below 500p on Friday. However, spread betters have been in a largely positive mood ahead of the firm’s results on Wednesday. The long-term trend has been upwards for the firm over the past year, as penny-pinching Britons shun meals out for takeaway pizzas at home. Traders were anticipating longer-term gains [...]
A whirlwind weekend in Hong Kong September 25, 2011 Hong Kong is epic. Everything about the city is exaggerated. The skyline. The escalators. The humidity. Once a busy trading port, it still thrives on exchange, be it financial bonds or dried fish. Being an island, Hong Kong has to work harder than other cities because it can’t reach out into the suburbs for a [...]
A downhill struggle: a first timer’s ski odyssey September 25, 2011 AS a country, we are obsessed with what separates us. North-South; rich-poor; black-white; upper, middle or working class. I’ve always thought that skiing holidays, for the Brits at least, offer one of the most reliable dividing lines. Personally, I would do away the census and ask one question: have you been on a skiing holiday [...]
The robotic killers that could take over Blue Peter September 25, 2011 Animals aren’t high-tech enough. They don’t have screens. You can’t easily upgrade them. Last night I spent six hours trying to control a fox with my iPhone, with limited success. Don’t take my word for it – ask the makers of Blue Peter. They have decided not to relocate the show’s famous menagerie in the [...]
