document management services - why Osborne plan to attract Asian investment : Osborne's tour, which begins in Hong Kong on Monday and takes him to Beijing and Tokyo over the following two days, is aimed at strengthening ties in financial services, infrastructure and innovation, British officials said.
Britain's coalition government has launched a drive to expand trade and investment ties with major developed and emerging economies outside Europe to lessen its dependence on trade with the crisis-hit euro zone.
Showing posts with label UK economy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UK economy. Show all posts
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Monday, July 25, 2011
British businesses cautious on economic recovery
British businesses cautious on economic recovery ; British businesses expect the economy to recover in the second half of the year although they are cautious of its strength, a survey by Lloyds TSB Commercial Business showed.
The survey’s overall business confidence, which tracks total sales, orders and profits expectations for the next six months, increased to 15 from 12, indicating a moderate, rather than strong, pace of economic recovery. Thus, it is still well below the year ago level of 21.
UK economy prediction slower growth past three months 2011
UK economy prediction slower growth past three months 2011 : Official figures are tipped to show that the UK economy slowed sharply over the past three months and may even have gone into reverse.
Earlier forecasts of 0.5% growth in GDP have now been trimmed back by most City economists to about 0.1% or 0.2%.
A number are even more bearish and predict the figures from the Office for National Statistics could show the economy contracted over the three months to June.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
UK economy outlook forecast 2012 -2013
UK economy outlook forecast 2012 -2013 ; The Confederation of British Industry (UK's economic outlook) has released its economic forecast for the British economy for the next two years.
Their report states that they expect the UK economy to grow, but only slowly. The report says that despite pressure on household incomes and public spending cuts the UK economy should still grow by 1.7 per cent this year and a further 2.2 per cent in 2012.
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