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.

Questionable Financial Judgement

Posted on October 29, 2013 by ianchisnall

As a sophisticated economy, UK consumers have access to a number of mechanisms to help us manage our finances and the unexpected or unplanned demand which we face throughout our lifetimes. Some of these mechanisms are very crude and damaging, … Continue reading →

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Irresponsibly Slow?

Posted on October 18, 2013 by ianchisnall

“After decades as an energy-secure nation, safely reliant on fossil fuel supplies from the North Sea, the United Kingdom has in the last decade added itself to the long list of import-dependent nations. The Government have been irresponsibly slow to … Continue reading →

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Will the last women to leave ……

Posted on October 15, 2013 by ianchisnall

This mornings news that Angela Ahrendts is to leave Burberry to work for Apple is presumably good news for Angela, her family and for Apple. However her successor Christopher Bailey will bring to 98, the number of our FTSE 100 companies with a male CEO. This is … Continue reading →

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We must talk about all of the Waste

Posted on October 14, 2013 by ianchisnall

The Government has launched a new loan fund to enable a small number of farmers to build small scale Anerobic Digestion units on their farms. The funding is a modest £3M and the Farmers can apply for up to £400,000 … Continue reading →

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Can charities solve new problems?

Posted on October 9, 2013 by ianchisnall

I wrote last week on the disastrous approach by Bournemouth Borough Council in trying to operate some of their museums and open spaces through three charitable structures. As a result of this decision and the lack of experience by the Borough Council in … Continue reading →

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Earning or Learning?

Posted on October 3, 2013 by ianchisnall

Yesterdays speech by David Cameron was full of very strange hyperbole. As if he had not learnt from the disastrous politicisation of the ‘Big Society’ concept, Dave has now attempted to appropriate ‘Hope’ on behalf of his Party. At least the Big Society was … Continue reading →

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A concerning global perspective

Posted on October 1, 2013 by ianchisnall

I spent last weekend in Merseyside, visiting parents and in laws. We left Sussex on Thursday which felt warm for the time of year and when we arrived in the North West there was a distinct reduction in temperature compared … Continue reading →

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A not so quiet man

Posted on September 25, 2013 by ianchisnall

Stuart Holmes does not give the impression that he is a user of social media. I was present at several fringe meetings linked to the Labour Party conference this week in Brighton when Stuart and his dog, also known as … Continue reading →

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Who looks after our children best?

Posted on September 22, 2013 by ianchisnall

On the 13th September the Government published a set of statistics and some analysis relating to children who live in a range of institutional residential settings across the UK. The full set of data available can be found on the website of the Department for Education … Continue reading →

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Nick, did you remember to kick the wheels?

Posted on September 20, 2013 by ianchisnall

“If it looks too good to be true, then it probably is!” A week ago it appeared that the big idea for this weeks Lib Dem conference was to be charging for plastic bags. Then on Tuesday Nick Clegg visited … Continue reading →

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