Posts Tagged economic growth
It’s growth, stupid
Posted by Stephen Clarke in Economics, Politics, Tax and Spend on 08/04/2011
Yesterday I was fortunate enough to attend the British Chambers of Commerce annual conference. It provided an opportunity to hear the views of the business community and what the Government is doing to stimulate and facilitate economic growth. It also provided an opportunity to hear from the opposition, courtesy of Ed Miliband MP, about Labour’s proposals for economic growth.
‘Set a course for the enterprise sector, Mr Osborne’
Posted by Stephen Clarke in Economics, Politics, Tax and Spend on 14/03/2011
Following the recent financial crisis and ensuing recession all three main British political parties have stressed the importance of ‘rebalancing’ the UK economy. One aspect of this is geographical rebalancing; making the British economy less dependent on industries and businesses concentrated in London and the South East. Reinforcing British political concern, recent analysis by the Economist indicates that the UK is one of the worst countries in the world in terms of regional income disparity.
Denmark: The entrepreneur’s paradise
Posted by Stephen Clarke in Economics, Politics on 08/03/2011
Entrepreneurship is a hot political topic at the moment. David Cameron in a speech to the Conservative Spring Conference stated that he was on the side of ‘go-getters’ who would create growth and jobs in the British economy. Britain could certainly do with an infusion of entrepreneurship according to the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI), a new measurement of enterprise and entrepreneurial activity created by Zoltan Acs of George Mason University, Laszlo Szerb of the University of Pecs, and Erkko Autio of Imperial College Business School.
