We highlight a major flaw in the UK planning system – the practice of ‘land banking’ future development sites by supermarkets
‘Sell your shares in any company when it buys a company jet or builds a new headquarters’ they say.
We look at the effect of cuts on council services, particularly markets.
According to sources spending cuts have now been achieved. What’s still to come is going to be MUCH tougher. How will this affect markets?
So why is the Chancellor’s ‘Autumn statement’ made in December?
The Danish Government should have been equally concerned about the welfare of poor Marius – a perfectly healthy but unwanted 18-month old giraffe – who was shot dead in Copenhagen zoo a week earlier despite worldwide outrage.
It’s time to celebrate – the recession is over! Official government figures confirm the UK economy grew faster than expected in 2013.
How are the January sales for you? Shoppers seem to be voting with their feet and deserting the High Street for online sales.
Everyone looks forward to Christmas (e.g. Payment Card Processors) but maybe not the New Year (e.g. Market Stallholders).