http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/ Business in Dorset /people/businessblog/ en-gb Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:53:35 +0000 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:53:35 +0000 http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/resources/images/580127/?type=rsslogo http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/ http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/4490064.I_swear_it_s_the_best_way_to_beat_pain/?ref=rss I have always been interested in research and market data but I had to smile at a piece of work completed by Keele University’s school of psychology. Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0100 6288a33ea41114b90273c6b2e68978e9 http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/4148060.UK_national_debt_set_to_rise___to_over___2_trillion/?ref=rss THE UK National debt is set to rise above £2 trillion, a figure that is higher than Britain's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - meaning the nation's wealth would be outstripped by its debt. At the end of March 2008, general government debt was £614.4 billion, equivalent to 43.2 per cent of GDP. At the end of January 2009, general government debt was £703.4 billion, equivalent to 47.8 per cent of GDP. Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:57:46 +0000 2f5264466cd2ff126ed85d9e0dadae1c http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/4112816.Snow_good_if_you_throw_cash_about_/?ref=rss Last Friday I was one of the speakers at the Chamber of Commerce seminar Swim, Don’t Sink! Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:00:00 +0000 2730127538626873417ce93dc58a3ac3 http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/4111774.Succeed_or_Fail_in_Business_____Needs_Positive_Actions_/?ref=rss IT has been said, "A Butterfly flapping its wings in Peru can start a change in the weather that leads to a typhoon in China." Fear is infectious, spreads quickly and can turn out to be overwhelming and like the flapping of butterfly’s wings affecting the weather, the current economic fear started somewhere. Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:04:39 +0000 cbaa1385312135524a70d6adc040460f http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/4050847.What_is_the_solution_to_this_crisis_/?ref=rss I have real concern about the rising doom-and-gloom which has been voiced by many, including the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) following a recent economic survey. Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:30:50 +0000 e0061e031282902a6bd0c2330c25e28d http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/4012860.What_would_you_do_/?ref=rss HINDSIGHT is a wonderful thing. As recession grips, “bust” (a state of the economy allegedly banned to history) seems to be following the “boom” (another state of the economy also banned to history). Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:21:13 +0000 ca1d34403ccd56d98cc55ed8a69e8573 http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/3966803.Firms_should_make_the_most_of_Christmas/?ref=rss With the economy under strain, many small and medium-sized businesses in Dorset are beginning to find conditions tough. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:00:00 +0000 2d20782aa3caa5334a1b0174c21f3785 http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/3938903.GAIN_NOW__PAIN_LATER_/?ref=rss In his pre-Budget report Alistair Darling delivered economic downgrades bigger than any since the 1980s - the row of glum faces on the Government benches as he predicted misery for large swathes of the population said it all. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:19:53 +0000 b2fbe183ed725fec32597f157e5fb5a8 http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/3798353.First___10_000_Free_of_Tax_for_SMEs_or_Full_Steam_Ahead_Into_a_Crisis_/?ref=rss THE British Chambers of Commerce Quarterly Economic Survey (Q3 2008) received over 5,000 responses from businesses of all sizes and sectors and virtually all the key national balances have worsened, and many are in negative territory for the second quarter in a row. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:01:54 +0000 b782bbc69c05de974b07a69bf816825d http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/3742521.Please_Sir_it_Wasn__t_Me_Sir____A_Decade_of_Dept_/?ref=rss Prosperity based on borrowing is how, over the last decade, this Government have fuelled the economy. This Government and the Country has been on a borrowing binge on the back of property prices and the belief that somehow the property boom would go on and on. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:35:00 +0100 c3fdcb44e384e3ad9c5837d0f93506fb http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/3742520.STONEHENGE_A303_A344/?ref=rss THE Highways Agency must not be allowed to treat Stonehenge as an obstacle to plans for a motorway style link from London to Penzance. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:50:00 +0100 1b6af321d6b4a52e26840fda4a67893b http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/people/businessblog/3742519.OFF_THE_RAILS_FOR_YEARS___WHAT_FUTURE_FOR_RAIL_TRANSPORT_/?ref=rss THERE are big concerns about the state and direction of Britain’s railways, particularly given the fact that previous governments both Labour and Conservative have rightly been accused of massive under-investment throughout their nationalised period. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:16:00 +0100 55337503f38e53726357ba4c03281913