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COLUMN: Kevin Rowan - Importance of picking right target

nebusiness.co.uk — Sun, 12 May 2013 23:01:00 GMT

THE Government’s focus on showing how tough they are on migrant workers and people in receipt of benefits is either a clever distraction from the real issues or a politically prejudiced and vindictive assault on easy and vulnerable targets.

COLUMN: Kevin Rowan - Creating a perfect storm for UKIP

nebusiness.co.uk — Mon, 06 May 2013 23:01:00 GMT

THE warning signs have been there for some time. Last month one poll showed that the general public has lost confidence in politics providing solutions to the failing economy.

COLUMN: Kevin Rowan - Nothing to be smug about . . .

nebusiness.co.uk — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:02:00 GMT

THE toxic chancellor, George Osborne, won’t need much encouragement to take up the invitation from Rob Carnell of banking group ING to “allow himself a moment of smugness” following the news that the UK’s GDP managed growth of 0.3% in the first quarter of this year.

COLUMN: Kevin Rowan - Paying the price for squeeze

nebusiness.co.uk — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:01:00 GMT

THAT employer groups are encouraging the Low Pay Commission to recommend a freeze or even a cut in the National Minimum Wage is disappointing.

COLUMN: Kevin Rowan - Rail plans are on the wrong track

nebusiness.co.uk — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 23:01:00 GMT

EAST Coast, the public company running the East Coast Main Line has, to April 2012, returned £640m to the Treasury since returning to the public sector in 2009.

COLUMN: Kevin Rowan - Devolution can make a difference

nebusiness.co.uk — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:01:00 GMT

BUDGETS are big events in the economic and political calendar; this Wednesday’s showpiece for the toxic chancellor is being billed as the most important for his and the Coalition Government’s future.

COLUMN: Kevin Rowan - Work and a healthy option

nebusiness.co.uk — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:01:00 GMT

HEALTH Secretary Jeremy Hunt has certainly got a busy agenda.

COLUMN: Kevin Rowan - Austerity a very risky strategy

nebusiness.co.uk — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:01:00 GMT

SOONER or later something has got to give, the almost weekly reminders that the current economic policy is not working are met with an apparently harder and harder line from the Government, led by the Chancellor, it seems the ‘man is not for turning’.

COLUMN: Kevin Rowan - Let us be clear what is at risk

nebusiness.co.uk — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:01:00 GMT

IN THE backwash of the debate about an EU referendum some employers were given the opportunity to postulate about ‘red tape’ being such a burden as to affect the competitiveness of businesses.

COLUMN: Kevin Rowan - Poundland exposes job policy

nebusiness.co.uk — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:01:00 GMT

MOST people appreciate that there are two broad categories of welfare support.