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Chancellor George Osborne has one last chance to present a Budget tomorrow that delivers real growth, even if it means having to take controversial decisions, say business leaders. Dealing with the deficit relies on generating growth in the UK’s faltering economy, but so far there have been few positive signs. Last week, ratings agency Fitch… Read article/comments
In its Work Audit report, published today, the CIPD looks at the impact of the jobs recession that began in 2008 on employers, workers and the economy as a whole. The report, based on official statistics and CIPD survey evidence, found almost 2.7 million people have been made redundant in the past four years, equivalent… Read article/comments
One of the greatest challenges that western professional women face at work today is, paradoxically, the success they’ve had in overcoming discrimination and bias. Recently IBM has announced that Virginia Rometty was to become president and chief executive officer on January 1, 2012. At the time she was an IBM senior vice president and group… Read article/comments
Britain will avoid a double-dip recession but growth will be lower than expected, a leading business group has predicted. The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) downgraded its forecast for economic growth this year to 0.6% – it had previously expected the figure to match the 0.8% seen in 2011. In its quarterly economic report, the… Read article/comments
Through the recent findings of a recent survey, a report by the BBC indicates that one in three company directors sees a high or very high risk of the UK falling into recession this year. The Institute of Directors’ (IoD) survey of 1,000 business leaders also said that 53% thought there was a moderate recession risk. The… Read article/comments
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