Insights on Europe’s business landscape, economic trends, regulatory shifts and the forces shaping growth, innovation and investment across the region.
Geopolitics
I’ve been collecting opinions from readers of The Executive Summary on the election. It appears confidence from city folk in political leadership and business-friendly policy has never been so low. What do you think? — “Brexit has ruined the City. The Tories have done themselves no favours
Growth
A report from the London School of Economics’ Centre for Economic Performance highlights one of the biggest macroeconomic issues few are talking about in the run up to the election – productivity. The report says: * GDP per capita has experienced weak growth over the past 14 years. Its
Downtime
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Growth
Breathing Space The operating environment 1 – The interest rate shows no sign of coming down, putting pressure on sources of funding and customers’ ability to buy. This is a huge challenge for growth and survival as UK insolvencies hit their highest numbers since 2009 2 – The Bank of
