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Creative thinking will help us all

LAST week Helen Alexander, president of the CBI, set out our priorities to help facilitate the success of the UK’s creative industries.Read

Use Budget to boost confidence in UK finances

THE CBI is urging the Government to use its last Budget before the election to set out more details of spending plans for Government departments in order to boost confidence in the UK's public finances and provide economic stability.Read

Progress for key regional employer

LAST Wednesday, the Government announced that it will lift the 100% guarantee on Northern Rock variable rate savings accounts in three months’ time. This represents real progress for one of the region’s key employers.Read

UK must make most of change

THE entire economy benefits from a healthy manufacturing base and it provides us with the security and adaptability to change that is only possible with economic diversity.Read

North needs to embrace new growth

TODAY the latest GDP figures will be published which are expected to show the UK to have moved out of recession in the last quarter of 2009.Read

Opportunity to rebalance UK economy

AS part of the Great North Revolution programme launched last year, 30 North East business leaders yesterday attended a tour of the Printable Electronics Technology Centre (Petec) at Sedgefield.Read

Challenges must all be overcome

LAST week it was announced that successful bids for nine offshore wind farm zone licences within UK waters - including the Dogger Bank site off the North East coast - have been received by the Crown Estate.Read

Economy back on track soon

YESTERDAY, the CBI announced that the UK economy is finally expected to exit the recession in the fourth quarter of 2009.Read

Post-Copenhagen, big chance for North

AS the United Nations' Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen continues into its second week, the CBI has put forward UK business views on emissions trading schemes.Read

Chancellor juggling daunting numbers

WITH the Pre-Budget coming out tomorrow, business finds itself asking two questions.Read

How can we tackle the recession?

THIS morning, more than 100 of the North East’s business leaders are meeting to discuss the impact of the recession on the local economy, and in particular the future demand for business space across the region.Read

Is this start of a new era in business?

IN LONDON yesterday, the country’s business and political leaders met to debate the economy at the CBI’s Annual Conference. Speakers included Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg who explained their recommendations for fiscal recovery.Read

Businesses must back universities

ABOUT six weeks ago, I wrote an article for The Journal which focused on the CBI’s higher education task force report, Stronger Together, in which I commented that it is up to government to provide the incentives, framework and funding necessary for sustainable success in higher education.Read

It’s not all doom and gloom

A WEEK ago, figures released by the Office for National Statistics showed the UK economy contracted by 0.4% between July and September – meaning that the country remains in recession.Read

Get ready for carbon revolution

WHEN it comes to the big issue of climate change, the hot topic right now is the Copenhagen summit, where global leaders will be seeking to do a deal in December.Read

Mr Darling has much food for thought

IT seems only a short while since the 2009 Budget, in which Alistair Darling announced Car Scrappage and the 50% tax on high earners.Read

Incentives work, but can prove costly

THE carrot or the stick? That is the basic first choice facing anyone trying to influence the behaviour of others. To persuade and reward good practices, or to instruct and apply sanctions for failure?Read

Optimism growing for economy

TODAY CBI's Chief Economist Ian McCafferty will visit the region to meet North East businesses to test whether recent statistics suggesting the economy is stabilising is cause for celebration or whether it's still too early to call.Read

Government must take swift action

THE CBI yesterday put forward a 12-point agenda setting out what any new Government should do to help put the economy on a path to sustainable growth.Read

The role of business in education

Yesterday the CBI launched Stronger together - businesses and universities in turbulent times, the culmination of a year's work by the CBI's Higher Education Task Force. Read

Author Profile

Sarah Green is director of CBI in the North East. She joined the CBI after spending two years as internal communications manager for the North East regional development agency, One NorthEast. She is a qualified solicitor and has held senior posts in a range of organisations, including professional services firm Arthur Anderson and international law firm Clifford Chance.

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