This report presents a detailed blueprint for what a British Investment Bank should look like in order to be fully effective in filling a gap in the UK banking system. The idea of such a Bank has...
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This paper offers some insights into public attitudes to and understanding of the UK economy, their fiscal and economic priorities, and how different business sectors are perceived in terms of value,...
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We live in uncertain economic times. The financial crash and subsequent downturn have shaken the global economic system to its core. If one thing is certain, it is that the events of recent years...
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For the next few years, the priority in the UK is achieving output growth and the declines in unemployment that would accompany it. But understanding the UK's economic problems as a combination of...
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Britain faces a longer-term fiscal challenge. The Office for Budget Responsibility has estimated that by 2030 Britain will once again move into deficit because long-term trends look set to increase...
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The causal links between GDP growth and income, and between income and wellbeing and opportunity, have broken down. As a result, policy should now focus directly on the wellbeing and choice of...
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This briefing analyses the costs and relative benefits of several of the main options for a temporary economic stimulus open to George Osborne as the budget approaches, and also assesses the...
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The government has committed to setting up a 'green' investment bank. Yet the sums the government is committing are tiny: £3 billion, or about a fifth of 1 per cent of GDP, which can hardly...
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Fund director Gervais Williams argues that it is the very smallness of small businesses that make them both attractive targets for investors and ripe opportunities for economic growth. He encourages...
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Debt is necessary, and partially good. John Cullinane argues that a widespread misunderstanding of debt and how it works is leading political and business leaders alike to support the mainstream...
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