Business and a Coalition Government

So now the hard work starts. All the pomp and circumstance, the headlines, the angst, the teddy-throwing and the love-ins are over and undertaking the hard yards starts.
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Now it’s just the voter that counts

So the closest, most interesting General election campaign for years draws to its nail biting close. No more gaffes, no more surprises, no more X-Factor style “Strictly Come Electioneering”.
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A Changing Market – Digby and Shirlaws

Lord Digby Jones joins Shirlaws Business Coaching for the first of several events planned in the UK.  The topic, Changing Market, emphasizes the need to “trade our way out of the current economic malaise”.
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We don’t make things any more? Oh, yes we do!

Two Leadership Debates down, one to go … and lots of talk and promises about jobs and growth, but not a word, not one syllable, about how we are going to trade our way out of this mess, Read More

So they’re under starter’s orders!

Over the next few days parliamentary business will be brought to an end; manifestos will be printed; MPs become mere candidates.
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Where are the real issues?

So the Prospectuses are out; the written promises are made.
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The fight BA must not lose

British Airways is one of the most importantly visible promoters of the UK brand in the world. Exporting manufacturers, media organisations, universities, sportsmen and women, politicians Read More