Category Archives: Economics

A strange subject to write about for someone who sometimes struggles to add up. However this is economics as it applies to the social and cultural fabric of our lives together.

The wisdom of Stephen Kelly

Posted on January 18, 2017 by ianchisnall

As Theresa May relaxes after making her speech about how independent the UK will become under her Premiership, she and Philip Hammond will be enjoying fine wines and food as one of the many participants in the annual World Economic … Continue reading →

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The importance of New Zealand

Posted on January 14, 2017 by ianchisnall

Although I have friends living in both Australia and New Zealand I confess if faced with the opportunity to travel to either nation, I would choose New Zealand. Its culture is deemed by many commentators to be some 20 years … Continue reading →

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The Bridge(s) of London City

Posted on January 13, 2017 by ianchisnall

The whole concept of a Garden Bridge over the River Thames seemed a modern folly from the very start. Whilst it would have been a visually stunning monument, to those who wanted to establish it, primarily Joanna Lumley, the idea … Continue reading →

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Lets have some real action

Posted on January 9, 2017 by ianchisnall

The news that our Prime Minister has woken up to the damage caused to men, women and especially adolescents and children by mental ill-health is of course very welcome. In terms of the speech she is due to make at … Continue reading →

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A New Year recommendation

Posted on December 29, 2016 by ianchisnall

One of the best bloggers that I read regularly is my friend Andy Winter, CEO of Brighton Housing Trust whose latest blog posted yesterday on the Government announcement of £1.25M for Brighton and Hove to ‘to prevent homelessness in the first … Continue reading →

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Powerful bodies, spending our money

Posted on December 11, 2016 by ianchisnall

When well connected MPs ask the Government questions to which they should know the answer or which they could find out relatively easily, there is usually a hidden matter to be aware of. On Thursday Nicholas Soames, MP for mid … Continue reading →

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Work just a few hours more

Posted on December 8, 2016 by ianchisnall

There are many occasions when the difference between fixing a problem easily and it defeating people at great cost can be very marginal. The old addage of “Don’t spoil the ship for a hap’orth of tar” can easily be applied … Continue reading →

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We need a Lucas Plan +40

Posted on November 27, 2016 by ianchisnall

The Autumn of 1976 was a time of significant change for a number of people, it signalled the end of my secondary school education with a rather diminished number of qualifications compared to my aspirations. However this outcome enabled me to … Continue reading →

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The pipers who play their own tunes

Posted on November 26, 2016 by ianchisnall

From April 2017 all businesses will be assessed to see if their wage bill is high enough to pay a new form of tax called the apprenticeship levy. This will only become payable if the wage bill exceeds £3M or … Continue reading →

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The challenge for small businesses

Posted on November 21, 2016 by ianchisnall

Its rather dispiriting when men and women who are supposedly advocates of business and its capacity to employ people and make profits which in turn creates taxes that fund the economy, seem to have forgotten what their role is. On … Continue reading →

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