Many UK boardrooms blind to opportunity, warns report
March 14, 2018
Boards conditioned to play safe rather than embrace opportunity Efforts to “create certainty” overlook scope to enhance performance Narrow outlook partially fuelled by fear that dissent isn’t welcome Britain’s boardrooms may be impairing the UK’s economic potential by habitually viewing risk only in terms of threats rather than in terms of opportunities, a new report …
On the road to economic recovery… but expect a few bumps along the way
August 28, 2013
The new Governor of the Bank of England has delivered his maiden speech from University Park campus, detailing how he intends to drive Britain into a sustainable recovery — and how 7 could be the magic number for a stronger economy. Cutting a relaxed, confident and charming figure, Canadian Mark Carney said the Bank of …
Was the Jubilee bad for business?
June 21, 2012
It was a party atmosphere in many places of the country, but was the extra June bank holiday to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee a cause for celebration among our business community too? The UK Business Barometer, an internet survey run by the University of Nottingham Institute for Enterprise and Innovation (UNIEI), has quizzed small- …
Barometer view on the Budget
May 9, 2012
Now the dust has settled and the headlines on the ‘granny tax’ and ‘pastygate’ have subsided, businesses are left to ponder the potential impact of the latest Budget on their future fortunes. The Business Barometer, an internet survey run by the University of Nottingham Institute for Enterprise and Innovation (UNIEI), regularly gauges the opinion of …
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