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Sarah Green

Sarah Green

Our 'dream' is to instil a belief to compete on a global scale

IT has been a tough year for business and that equally applies to those at the top. Widely changed economic conditions will result in some shake-up in this year’s 250 table with some sectors – including financial, professional services and construction – particularly vulnerable to the effects of the recession and credit crunch.Read

Protection of jobs 'is at tipping point'

Many would say that one of the critical issues for the UK currently is increasing unemployment.Read

Working together to protect jobs, businesses

A CBI/Harvey Nash survey released today demonstrates how the UK workplace landscape has changed dramatically during the recession, as employers and staff work together to protect businesses and jobs, by increasing flexible working and freezing pay and recruitment.Read

Working towards the Great North Revolution

AS our latest CBI economic forecasts suggest the economy is stabilising, it is critical that regional businesses look forward and position themselves to maximise the predicted growth in 2010.Read

The chance has come for us to make some history

LAST week 50 key business leaders met in Darlington to discuss how new technologies can transform the North East.Read

Bring back post-war aid for firms

SMALL and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the engines of economic recovery. They create the most jobs, develop innovative products and services and put the creativity into creative destruction.Read

China, too great an opportunity to miss

THIS week the head of the CBI Beijing office is touring the UK as we run a series of briefings for companies on China and, from talking to companies, a number of themes developed.Read

Common sense wins this time

EVER since the UK negotiated an opt-out from the European Union’s working time laws, you have had a choice. Either you can stay within the 48-hour working week or, if you want to work longer hours, you can opt out.Read

Forecasts of growth were 'optimistic'

FOLLOWING last Wednesday’s budget announcements, CBI North East’s Regional Council met up to discuss the state of the economy and the CBI’s latest growth forecast that indicated that while the worst of the recession may be past, there would be no recovery until spring 2010.Read

The least enviable job in Britain

THE steepest decline in economic activity in decades. Accelerating unemployment. An alarming fall in tax revenues.Read

Crunch may becoming less severe

THERE are signs that the credit crunch may have become less severe for business, according to the latest CBI figures.Read

Remedy for economic ills

WHILE the principle of removing corporation tax for a year, as proposed by the North East Chamber of Commerce in The Journal yesterday, may initially seem a great idea for North East business, the reality is that in a region highly dependent on public sector spending, you cannot ask a cash-strapped Chancellor to spend without receipts.Read

We must keep eye on the horizon

WITHOUT doubt we are all focusing on the “now” . How, as businesses and an economy, are we to get through the current recession and be around to participate in the upturn which will surely follow.Read

Our brief encounter's lasting value

I SPENT the day before Valentine's day holed up in a romantic hotel discussing how to meet the perfect partner, take your relationships to the next level, survive tough times and make it last.Read

We can well afford this rescue

An extended version of Sarah Green's column, which appears in a shortened form in Tuesday's Journal.Read

Target credit crunch to save the economy

ON Friday key members of the North East business community, in particular those from the manufacturing sector, met with Nick Brown, the regional minister, to highlight how they would like government to respond to their position.Read

Rethink urged on diplomas

FOLLOWING extensive consultation with businesses across the country, the CBI is urging the Government to think again about its plans for a new wave of academic diplomas, and concentrate on making sure GCSEs and A-levels give young people the skills and knowledge to succeed.Read

Revised forecast doesn’t mean there’s a recession

IT is true, CBI are predicting the lowest GDP growth since 1992 in our revised economic forecast. However, let’s be clear – this is not recession – our best bet is still that there will be a measure of economic growth in 2009.Read

Firms create jobs despite feeling pinch

THE findings of the latest CBI SME survey reflect the mixed messages we are getting from business as a whole.Read

More radical reforms are necessary

GORDON Brown’s pledge to focus “solely” on keeping the economy on track must include more radical reform of Britain’s public services.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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