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The purpose of marketing “collateral”
yesterday at 10:08 by Steve Billingham
Having a range of marketing materials (collateral) that you can give to prospects once you have their attention, will help you to increase their interest in what you do, build trust and start to ...
Lower inflation = lower pound
yesterday at 10:06 by Matt Williams
Researchers have discovered that people working in London spend more time travelling to and from work than anywhere else in Britain. Those with the shortest commute are in Royston Vasey. This ...
Excess German savings, not thrift, caused the European crisis
yesterday at 10:04 by Michael Pettis
One of the reasons that it is been so hard for a lot of analysts, even trained economists, to understand the imbalances that were at the root of the current crisis is that we too easily confuse ...
Is inflation under control?
yesterday at 9:59 by John Redwood
One of the most remarkable changes so far in 2013 has been the change to expectations of inflation. As we entered the new year last January many investors were becoming more bullish about shares. They ...
More of the soporific same
3 Days ago at 10:18 by Matt Williams
Data from the Planck space telescope show "anomalies that can only have been caused by the gravitational pull of other universes "according to Dr Mersini-Houghton at the University of North Carolina. ...
A 'Fair Share' of Tax
3 Days ago at 10:13 by Mark McLaughlin
At the recent Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting on tax avoidance, it was the turn of Google and HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to be in the firing line. HMRC were represented by Lin Homer, Chief ...
What is the probability of a U.S. recession in the next 12 months?
3 Days ago at 10:10 by Anthony Doyle
Knowing how poor the central banks have been at forecasting economic indicators, and having analysed the IMF’s wild forecasts, we think that it makes sense to take consensus views with a large grain ...
Buy to let hits the headlines
6 Days ago at 10:54 by Steve Coyle
Buy-to-let property investment has hit the headlines of property blogs quite a lot over the last few days - and the stories have been about more than the likes of new mortgage rates.
A quiet end to a quiet week?
6 Days ago at 10:45 by Matt Williams
An IT consultant called Nigel has spent seven years cataloguing the keystrokes necessary to go directly to the correct desk when telephoning a given call centre. On his website "pleasepress1.com" he ...
Is the UK on the mend?
6 Days ago at 10:37 by John Redwood
The Governor of the Bank of England is getting a little more optimistic. He thinks growth will be a little better and inflation not so bad this year. We too have become less pessimistic about UK ...
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