The January hangover, apparently, is already here on our high streets. At a time when, traditionally, the sales are in full swing, retailers are already adjusting their mindsets to disappointment.
The Bank of England revised down its growth forecast for 2012 to virtually zero last week, reinforcing the raft of weak economic data released recently. The UK economy has now contracted in 5 out of the last 7 quarters and net growth since the end of the recession in 2009 has been negligible.
Scandal of our Society
Recently, Prime Minister David Cameron pledged to tackle the "scandal of our society" - a reference to the UK's binge drinking ...
Renewed focus on the relationship between business, the consumer and water consumption emerged again last week in Stockholm at the annual World Water ...