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Sarah Green

Sarah Green

Bold action needed now

TODAY’S emergency Budget will inevitably announce further cuts and therefore it is clear the way out of recession cannot be lead by Government spending.Read

There must be a credible plan

YESTERDAY the government's new independent fiscal watchdog, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), confirmed the Treasury expects public borrowing to exceed 10% of GDP for the second year in 2010-11 and debt to rise to 74.4 % of GDP by 2014-15.Read

Great North Revolution powering ahead

A YEAR on from the launch of the Great North Revolution campaign, CBI regional director Sarah Green reflects on its successes so far.Read

Doctors hold key to fitter workforce

IN the current economic and political environment, efficiency and productivity are key to the competitiveness of the private and public sector.Read

Changing times for the North East

THE business environment of the next decade will be significantly different to what might have been expected just two years ago, says Sarah Green.Read

Let's focus to reduce the deficit

TODAY 40 North East business leaders will meet with CBI national policy experts in Teesside to discuss the impact of the coalition Government's early announcements on business and the North East.Read

CBI welcomes the new coalition

AFTER an extraordinary week in British politics, here is how things look to us here at the CBI.Read

Remember the strengths of the UK economy

AT THE time of writing, the UK is at a point of political uncertainty unprecedented in modern times and faces economic challenges not experienced for a similar period.Read

Homegrown demand is recovering

THE UK's manufacturing sector is strengthening with exports growing and the first rise in domestic orders in two-and-a-half years according to CBI's latest survey. However, output price inflation is rising and profit margins are coming under renewed pressure because of increased costs.Read

Pensions issue is a 'timebomb'

WITH an ageing population, pensions are a timebomb which needs to be tackled.Read

Parties put to the test over CBI's 12 points

WE ARE now in the manifesto period and as each party outlines its proposals it is critical that business has a strong and consistent voice.Read

More support for business than expected

WITH the election just weeks away, the Chancellor delivered a clever, political budget. However, anxiety remains on how the deficit is going to be paid down, and the growth forecasts for 2011 and beyond are still on the optimistic side.Read

Smarter car use to cut energy bills

EVERYONE in the North East should be celebrating last week’s announcement that the Leaf, Nissan’s new model aimed at the consumer electric vehicle market, will be built at its hugely successful Washington factory, bringing more than £420m investment in the Sunderland plant.Read

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

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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