WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING October 19, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES INDIAN OIL PLANS RECORD $4.3BN IPO Indian Oil plans to raise a record Rs190bn ($4.3bn, £2.73bn) by selling 20 per cent of its shares in what would be India’s biggest IPO, as several state-run groups are rushing to tap the nation’s booming equity market. Sumit Bose, India’s minister of disinvestment, said yesterday that [...]
Ed Miliband: I’m no union puppet September 28, 2010 ED Miliband yesterday tried to distance himself from the unions who funded and supported his leadership campaign, insisting he would not support a wave of public sector strikes. In his first major speech as Labour leader, Miliband warned trade unions that “irresponsible” industrial action would alienate the public. He said: “I have no truck, and [...]
Immigration cap is City’s biggest complaint October 3, 2010 MARIA from the Home Office called me about a recent key-worker visa application at 9.00am and suggested, in no uncertain terms, that she drop by for an immigration audit at lunchtime. We settled on teatime the next day. Britain’s clampdown on skilled migrant workers is in a rush. My encounter with Home Office enforcers last [...]
OUTPUT RISES AT FASTEST PACE FOR 15 YEARS July 20, 2010 OUTPUT of UK manufacturing firms rose at the fastest rate for 15 years in the three months to July thanks to stronger demand for UK goods and restocking, the CBI said yesterday. A net 24 per cent of manufacturers reported rising rather than falling output. But firms expect the pace of growth over the next [...]
London is in danger of losing its status as top business base June 30, 2010 LONDON is in danger of losing its standing as the premier place to do business, according to an influential survey published today. While four fifths of chief executives continue to rate the capital as a good or very good place to do business, this has fallen by six per cent in the past six months, [...]
London is in danger of losing its status as top business base June 30, 2010 LONDON is in danger of losing its standing as the premier place to do business, according to an influential survey published today. While four fifths of chief executives continue to rate the capital as a good or very good place to do business, this has fallen by six per cent in the past six months, [...]
BUSINESSVIEWS:WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT’S DECISION TO SCRAP THE DEFAULT RETIREMENT AGE July 29, 2010 JOHN CRIDLAND | CBI A default retirement age (DRA) helps staff think about when it is right to retire, and also enables employers to plan more confidently for the future. In certain jobs, especially physically demanding ones, working beyond 65 is not going to be possible for everyone.” GRAEME LEACH | INSTITUTE OF DIRECTORS We [...]
Britain set to defy double dip July 27, 2010 BRITAIN will avoid sinking into a double-dip recession and its economy will be expanding at trend growth rates as early as 2012, a leading think-tank will say today, adding to the increasingly rosier outlook for the UK and defusing fears of further economic contraction. In its latest forecast for the UK economy, the National Institute [...]
Business chiefs join PM in trade mission to India July 25, 2010 DAVID Cameron will this week lead this country’s strongest ever trade mission to India, in a drive to boost cooperation between the UK and one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. Over 50 of the UK’s top business leaders will join the Prime Minister, chancellor George Osborne, foreign secretary William Hague, business secretary Vince [...]
Business chiefs join PM in trade mission to India July 25, 2010 DAVID Cameron will this week lead this country’s strongest ever trade mission to India, in a drive to boost cooperation between the UK and one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. Over 50 of the UK’s top business leaders will join the Prime Minister, chancellor George Osborne, foreign secretary William Hague, business secretary Vince [...]