The Bradford Literature Festival Creative Economic Conference 2022 Line-up Revealed

Sir Peter Bazalgette, Andy Haldane, and Tracy Brabin to deliver keynotes Exploring themes including Levelling up in the North, Digital Currency, Art and Activism, Universal Basic Income, Digital Poverty, The Future of TV, and more   Tracy Brabin (Mayor of West Yorkshire), Shiv Chowla (Senior Manager for Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Bank of England), […]

Pandemic rattles the mid-market’s business confidence – again

As restrictions start to be re-imposed as part of the government’s ‘Plan B’ to manage the potential impact of the Omicron variant, new research from Grant Thornton UK LLP’s latest Business Outlook Tracker* finds that profit growth expectations in the mid-market have plummeted to an annual low. Only 33% of 601 mid-sized businesses in the […]

BoE: Recovery to push inflation above 3%

Post-pandemic economic recovery is likely to push inflation above 3% “for a temporary period”, the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee predicts.