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The BUDGET and Business Free markets vs. state intervention on investment – heads or tails?
The Budget contained several business-friendly measures however NI and fuel duty hikes will not be reversed, and the minimum wage will rise by 2.2% in October - all immediate cash flow costs for small businesses which are finding borrowing more difficult.
... moreUps and downs of the labour market, losers and losers Employers' confidence increasing – but the damage has been done
Despite March news that there has only been a slight improvement in unemployment figures. But resignations have increased in the year to February 2010, with earning power dropping dramatically in the past year.
... moreEven knowledge based sectors contract
The UK's second-largest drugs firm AstraZeneca is to close two R&D centres with the loss of 1,200 jobs.
... moreCompetitiveness - Sectors performance matter more than mix Are we applying evidence based policies?
Experience shows that governments have, at best, a mixed record in taking a more proactive approach to boost growth and competitiveness based on academic and policy research at an economy-wide level. By analysing competitiveness at the sector level, McKinsey reaches conclusions that run counter to the way many policy makers think about the task in hand.
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