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Category Archives: Economics
The ideal boss for salesmen to work for?
I am involved in sales in the small business that I work for, and that means when a big deal is in the offing it is hard to hide the excitement from the other workers. Soon everyone picks up on … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Brexit, Digby Jones, EU Referendum
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We need a Small & Micro Enterprise Champion
On Wednesday in Parliament a brief debate took place on the subject of ‘Prompt Payment Code’ which relates to the speed with which contractors pay their suppliers. One of the themes touched upon explicitly by several MPs was the issue … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Journalism, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Caroline Nokes, Gillian Keegan, Neil Parish, Prompt Payment Code, SME
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Saving money can cost lives
On Tuesday lunchtime in Parliament, the Home Secretary was in the House of Commons, responding to a series of questions on different subjects. One of the questions that came up from two Tory MPs on the theme “Police and Fire … Continue reading
Brexit is harder than public sector pay
As the Government seems to be tying itself up in knots over public sector pay, it is hard to imagine how the current Cabinet could all manage to get to Brussels for a day trip together, let alone hold a … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Austerity, Boris Johnson, Cabinet Ministers, Theresa May
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Social Inequality is being ignored
The following is the text of my column in todays Argus newspaper: Last Wednesday whilst the Government was in the middle of debating the Queens speech and also fighting off a valiant attempt by most opposition politicians to increase public sector … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Education, Housing, Parliament and Democracy, Youth Issues
Tagged Child Poverty, Social mobility
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Are we at a tipping point?
The property inequality in the UK reminds me of the visit I made in the mid 1980’s to Monaco. As we observed the amazing boats in the harbour, many of which were empty at the time, the high rise towers … Continue reading
We need a joined up Industrial Strategy
When the coalition came to power they invoked, like many changes of political power before them, a flurry of change, sweeping away the structures of their predecessors. Everything went in the bin, both the things that were not helping society … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Foodbanks, Gordon Brown, John Major, LEPs, Margaret Thatcher, RDA's, Snowdon, South East LEP, Theresa May, Tony Blair
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My take on a few of the promises
The following is my piece in todays Argus: Now that all of the main parties have published their manifestos it is interesting to see some of the elements that have been included. I confess my focus has been on the … Continue reading
The urgent need for food security
In the light of the NHS IT crisis last weekend, it would be easy to assume that the UK is under greatest threat from ransomware and similar attacks, and indeed in the short term and in an acute way that … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, EU Referendum, Immigration, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged EU Referendum, European Union, Jay Rayner, Prorogation, Prorogue
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A nation in desperate need of change
This morning there are reports from various sources of how many vacancies or impending vacancies exist in the NHS and our state run educational service. The high levels of vacancies for Nurses estimated at some 40,000 or 11% of the … Continue reading
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