Help today’s recovery with 1930s-style housing boom November 14, 2011 THE ECONOMY can grow healthily alongside cuts in the government’s annual deficit, the liberal think-tank Centre Forum will argue today. Using the 1930s as a previous example, the group says that low real interest rates and an absence of strict planning laws led to a housing boom that helped stimulate recovery from the Great Depression. [...]
A wholesale improvement is the only way for UK banks to weather the Eurozone storm December 21, 2011 FOR the past fifteen months, the Bank of England (BoE) has been backpedalling. Instead of coasting, the UK economy has stalled. The government’s bold and sensible plans for budget deficit reduction are broadly on track for the next few months, but will not remain so unless the central bank shapes up to the challenge of [...]
Construction growth set to fall into 2012 November 2, 2011 CONSTRUCTION in the UK hit a five-month high in October, figures released yesterday from Markit revealed, though output fell over the year and the industry fears worse is to come. The purchasing managers index (PMI) for the sector rose sharply to 53.9, strongly up from the nine-month low of 50.1 recorded in September. Any figure [...]
Construction growth set to fall into 2012 November 2, 2011 CONSTRUCTION in the UK hit a five-month high in October, figures released yesterday from Markit revealed, though output fell over the year and the industry fears worse is to come. The purchasing managers index (PMI) for the sector rose sharply to 53.9, strongly up from the nine-month low of 50.1 recorded in September. Any figure [...]
Our economy and housing supply are being held back by planning: Liberalise now November 22, 2011 THE roots of our urban and housing crises began in the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act. This created the current planning framework where all major private property changes are subject to state veto. All land released for housing has to be approved by councils. Councils tell developers what they should build and where it [...]
Our economy and housing supply are being held back by planning: Liberalise now November 22, 2011 THE roots of our urban and housing crises began in the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act. This created the current planning framework where all major private property changes are subject to state veto. All land released for housing has to be approved by councils. Councils tell developers what they should build and where it [...]
Educating your kids requires a plan January 15, 2012 TONY Blair said “education, education, education”, while Abba said “Money, money money”. It’s still hard to get the best of the former without a pile of the latter. Many parents are faced with massive dilemmas due to the spiralling costs of giving their children what they believe to be the best start in life. For [...]
Educating your kids requires a plan January 15, 2012 TONY Blair said “education, education, education”, while Abba said “Money, money money”. It’s still hard to get the best of the former without a pile of the latter. Many parents are faced with massive dilemmas due to the spiralling costs of giving their children what they believe to be the best start in life. For [...]
US retail sales rise on auto sector strength October 14, 2011 US retail sales rose in September at their fastest pace for seven months. The increase of 1.1 per cent was driven largely by strong vehicle sales, with the sector reporting 3.6 per cent growth in sales of cars and parts. Sales of building materials and groceries fell, but furniture, electronics and petrol all rose, as [...]
US retail sales rise on auto sector strength October 14, 2011 US retail sales rose in September at their fastest pace for seven months. The increase of 1.1 per cent was driven largely by strong vehicle sales, with the sector reporting 3.6 per cent growth in sales of cars and parts. Sales of building materials and groceries fell, but furniture, electronics and petrol all rose, as [...]