03 October 2017 Minimum Wage Hikes Behind Construction Sector Slump: FSB

The cost being placed on employers in a labour-intensive construction industry show why populist political ideology threatens jobs.

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28 September 2017 Carney And May Take To The Stage At BoE Conference In Defence Of Free Markets And Brexit Plans

Brexit, the economy, free markets and BoE monetary policy are under the spotlight as Carney and May speak

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27 September 2017 UK Economy Seen Picking Up In Third Quarter After Consumer Spending Extends Rebound

Confederation of British Industry data shows consumers dug deeper into their pockets in September

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22 September 2017 Sterling Overlooks Brighter Outlook For UK Manufacturers As May's Florence Speech Dominates

  The UK industrial outlook is robust going into the fourth quarter but it doesn't matter much to traders after Theresa May's speech in Florence.

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21 September 2017 Good News as UK Public Borrowing Comes in Lower than Forecast

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20 September 2017 UBS see 2nd Interest Rate Rise in May 2018 at Bank of England

UBS foresee two near-term interest rate rises coming out of the Bank of England which goes against consensus expectations for an one-off rate rise in November.

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08 September 2017 UK Trade Data Confirms Significant Deficit, Lays Conditions for Pound-Euro Parity

The Pound has a problem - it is not weak enough to balance the deficit that exists between the UK’s exports and imports.

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