Recession

From the garage to the boardroom

Over the course of the last three months, while stuck in my garage working away in some of the coldest…

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The ‘new normal’ for hospitality

On Monday 11 May the government launched its road map to recovery, backed up by the Chancellor’s announcement on Tuesday…

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UK GDP expected to contract by 15% in Q2 2020

The UK economy is about to enter the deepest recession since the financial crisis, including the steepest quarter-on-quarter decline in…

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Marketing Matters: Covid-19 all in this together

It seems like madness to carry on writing an ‘agony aunt’ column with the unprecedented changes in the industry at…

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Banks to help us all out with coronavirus fallout

Once again the business pages on all major news outlets are pretty much dominated by the developing story of coronavirus…

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Coronavirus is stepping up a gear – this could be serious

When I started this column back in December I did not anticipate a single subject would dominate it so much,…

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Ocado ditches Waitrose; Bill gates orders £500m beast-yacht; Boris to lower immigration wage threshold

A busy start to the week in the business pages. As the coronavirus story unfolds I am reluctant to spend…

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As long as WW3 does not kick off, 2020 looks set to be a better year

All eyes on are on the rising tensions between the United States and Iran after president Trump ordered the assassination of Iran’s…

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Restaurant closures up 25% over the past 12 months

The number of restaurant insolvencies has jumped 25% in the last year up to 1,410 in 2018/19, compared with 1,130…

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Pub and restaurant groups maintain summer momentum

Britain’s managed pub and restaurant groups saw collective like-for-like sales grow 1.6% in August compared with the same time last…

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