Topic: Confederation Of British Industry

British retail sales suffered their biggest annual fall in nearly three years in January, as shoppers reined in spending after picking up ...
Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:13pm GMT . . * Sterling at near 4-week low vs euro on Greek hopes. . * But dovish U.S. Fed lifts pound to 5-week high vs dollar ...

Cameron vows to safeguard growth

Prime Minister David Cameron pledged Monday to business chiefs that his government will safeguard recovery, but warned there was no "silver bullet" amid the "chilling" eurozone debt crisis.Cameron was addressing the annual conference of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), which ...

Govt wil secure growth, Cameron pledges

Prime Minister David Cameron pledged Monday to business chiefs that his government will safeguard recovery, but warned there was no "silver bullet" amid the "chilling" eurozone debt crisis.Cameron was addressing the annual conference of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), which ...
More than two-thirds of business leaders in Britain believe the eurozone debt crisis will be the biggest challenge facing the country's economy next year, an opinion poll showed Sunday.Seventy percent of business chiefs believe the euro crisis is "the biggest ...
U.K. businesses have urged the government to continue funding public projects using Private Finance Initiatives, a controversial form of financing...

GBP/USD Outlook – June 20-24

Posted on 06/18/11 at 2:48pm by YohayElam . The pound fell against the dollar for a third week in a row; The upcoming week will provide the all...

UK backs revamp of 300-year-old copyright laws

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's 300-year-old copyright laws look set for a shake-up after the government welcomed proposals to put the country on a par with international competitors.Key recommendations of the Digital Opportunity review included the legalization of format shifting - copying CDs ...
Weak data out of the United Kingdom coupled with a shift to risk aversion on fears that Osama bin Laden s death could stoke a retaliatory response...

Budget must have 'relentless focus' on growth: CBI

The government's annual budget, due in just over two weeks, must have a "relentless focus" on economic growth and job creation, the Confederation of British Industry said on Monday.The nation's biggest employers' organisation said it had written to finance ...