Last updated on Mon 7th May 2012
 IBTimes.co.uk | China to Buy British Pork in £50 million Landmark Deal IBTimes.co.uk By IBTimes Staff Reporter: Subscribe to IBTimes's RSS feed The Chinese will hereafter be able to taste British pork after the country finalised a £50 million deal. China is the world's biggest market for pig meat and this long-awaited deal is ... |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Buy British to help our farmers, says David Cameron Telegraph.co.uk People should buy “quality” British food to help the farming industry, David Cameron said as he admitted that the Government needed to “redouble efforts” to beat recession. By Rowena Mason, Political Correspondent The Prime Minister emphasised the ... Cameron backs British food and farming |
NFU to launch major farming publicity campaign FarmersWeekly An NFU drive to encourage people to buy British produce to secure our farming future and tackle the economic recession is being launched next week. "Farming Delivers for Britain", a major new long-term campaign backed by the NFU, NFU Mutual and Red ... |
 Farming UK | Buy British initiative to be launched at Pig and Poultry Farming UK A new buy British initiative will be launched at this year's Pig and Poultry Fair later this month. Producers, processors and suppliers will be encouraged to promote the best of British food and farming as part of an initiative to boost sales of ... Pig and Poultry Fair Flies the Flag |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Buy British says the maker of Hovis and Oxo The Independent ... who joined the Hovis to Oxo food manufacturer from Kraft last year, said: "In this year of British celebration, we believe that more and more of our retail customers and consumers will be choosing to buy British brands like ours, made in Britain, ... BUY BRITISH TO SAVE JOBS, SAYS PREMIER FOODS BOSS MICHAEL CLARKE Premier Foods Q1 Sales Rise Slightly, Shares Rise Despite Divestment and Job Cuts |
EU mergers and takeovers (May 16) Reuters UL and Switzerland's Swiss Post to set up a joint venture for cross border mail activities (notified May 11/deadline June 20) SEPT 6 -- Vivendi's Universal Music Group to buy British record label EMI's recorded music unit from Citigroup Inc (notified ... |
 The Guardian | Buying British: how to spend our way out of recession The Guardian This week, Michael Clarke, chief executive of Premier Foods (which owns Hovis, Mr Kipling and Batchelors) called on Britons to buy British brands. But consumers don't seem to know what is British any more. A survey by Stoves, the British manufacturer ... |
 Evening Standard | Food CEO predicts 'buy British' year bdaily “In this year of British celebration, we believe that more and more of our retail customers and consumers will be choosing to buy British brands like ours, made in Britain, supporting British jobs. “We have a solid programme in the second quarter to ... Premier Foods boss issues buy British plea Premier Foods flies the flag for a Great British summer Premier Foods posts quarterly sales increase |
Telegraph.co.uk | Premier Foods urges shoppers to 'buy British' Telegraph.co.uk Mr Clarke said: "In this year of British celebration, we believe that more and more of our retail customers and consumers will be choosing to buy British brands like ours, made in Britain, supporting British jobs.” Premier Foods, which plunged into the ... Premier's 'back Britain' blast from the past is bang on target |
 The Guardian | From the archive, 18 May 1978: Tories turn to Saatchi & Saatchi to help them ... The Guardian Japanese people were seen refusing to buy British goods on account of their high price. Japanese, French and German goods were seen coming into this country. Next, a number of people were seen occupying a court dock and pleading guilty to such offences ... |
 eTurboNews | Jubilee tourists expected to provide boost for UK economy eTurboNews The Diamond Jubilee is expected to inject £10 billion into the British economy, as hundreds of thousands of visitors flock to London's hotels, restaurants, bars and shops. Here's a look at the impact of the bank holiday celebrations on our tourist ... The Queen's Jubilee Bank Holiday could keep Britain in recession (but Olympics ... Bank Of England Warns Diamond Jubilee 'Could Hit Economy' Diamond Jubilee celebrations 'could hamper economic recovery' |
 Telegraph.co.uk | UK Economy: FTSE Loses £80bn In One Week Over Eurozone Fears Huffington Post UK The eurozone storm showed no signs of clearing tonight as fears over Spain and Greece saw £80bn wiped from the value of London's leading shares index in just one week. The euphoria around the highly-anticipated Facebook flotation was not enough to lift ... Santander boss tells Birmingham firms: Your money is safe with us Chaos pauses ahead of Spanish output data, auction |
UK Economy: MPs urge employers to offer more apprenticeships eGov monitor MPs have called for more employers to offer apprenticeships so that England can catch up with similar programmes in other countries. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) study hails the success of adult apprenticeships, which have quadrupled in number ... |
UK's Cable: Clearly Risks To UK Economy From Euro-Zone Breakup Wall Street Journal LONDON—The UK economy would be damaged by a breakup of the euro zone, but businesses shouldn't panic, UK Business Secretary Vince Cable said Thursday. Greece Wednesday named a caretaker government to take it to next month's election, which is shaping ... |
 ITV News | Is the UK economy being dragged down by Europe? The Independent ... of a Greek exit from the single currency remains a real prospect over the coming months and investor fears over the fate of Spain and Italy are not going to abate, what economic impact can we expect those market anxieties to have on the UK economy? Bank of England cuts 2012 growth forecast for UK economy Bank of England downgrades UK growth forecast Fears for the UK economy grow in midst of Greek crisis |
Safer Banks to Add $19 Billion to UK Economy, Economists Say BusinessWeek By Ben Moshinsky on May 17, 2012 A banking system strengthened by tougher capital rules will benefit the UK economy by 11.9 billion pounds ($18.9 billion) a year, according to a paper published by the UK Financial Services Authority. |
 Telegraph.co.uk | UK Economy: Northern Rock rescue was best strategy despite losses to taxpayer ... eGov monitor The National Audit Office (NAO) has revealed that the British taxpayers are expected to lose a staggering £480 million on the sale of Northern Rock Plc to Virgin Money Holdings. The NAO says that turning the ailing Northern Rock back into a ... Taxpayers may lose 2 billion pounds on Northern Rock rescue - NAO |
 The Guardian (blog) | Cameron delivers speech on euro crisis and UK economy: Politics live blog The Guardian (blog) 9.00am: "We are living in perilous economic times." That's what David Cameron is going to tell us in a speech in Manchester. It is being billed by Number 10 as a speech on the economy and Cameron will use it to reject Labour's calls for a "Plan B". UK's Cameron urges action to resolve euro crisis David Cameron Speech on Euro Crisis and UK Economy [FULL TEXT] UK PM: Euro Zone At Make-Up Or Break-Up Cross-Roads |
 NEWS.com.au | London 2012: UK millionaires back Olympics to help economy The Sport Review And two thirds of them have given a big thumbs up to this summer's Olympic Games, which they believe will have a positive effect on the UK's economy. New figures released by financial experts Skandia reveal 69.4 per cent of millionaires are backing the ... Sebastian Coe: Into the last lap |
 Advanced Television | MEP: UK economy needs anti-piracy protection Advanced Television By Colin Mann A member of the European Parliament responsible for the preparation of the body's report on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has warned that the UK economy needs to find another way to protect its intellectual property, ... |
A look at economic developments around the globe BusinessWeek Ratings agency Moody's downgraded 16 Spanish banks late Thursday, three days after downgrading 26 Italian lenders, noting they are vulnerable to huge losses on government debt. After a day of volatile trading, Britain's FTSE 100 closed 0.7 percent ... |
 BBC News | In Europe, time for true austerity Los Angeles Times For several years now, European governments have tried versions of austerity — usually understood as an attempt to reduce the ratio of government debt to gross domestic product — in hopes of reviving the continent's flailing economies. David Cameron's total failure to grasp economics |
China's secret? It owes Americans nearly $1 trillion Sacramento Bee However, it is one thing for government decision-makers to let go of government debt, however questionable that is. And it is entirely another thing for individual citizens to press their claims. Some US investors tried to sue the Chinese government in ... |
Britain, "Austerity," and the Lessons of Economic History Wilson County News Cameron decided the best path for economic recovery was “austerity,” a program of reduced government spending and smaller government debt. The new coalition--with the aid of Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne--sought to drastically slash the ... |
Bank crisis hits Cyprus as government moves to part-nationalise Popular Bank This is Money Those showed profits for the first quarter of the year rising almost fourfold, to €295m, because of a change in accounting for derivatives on Greek government debt and a deferred tax benefit on the securities. But even aside from that technical ... |
 euronews | UK Government debt to highlight our session, Spain to auction short-term bills FXstreet.com ... track the government debt figures in the United Kingdom, where the royal economy will release today the public finances for March, with expectations the kingdom's debt could have surged again despite the wide cuts adopted by the British government. Europe's debt fix falters, rattling markets |
Cameron is consigning the UK to stagnation Financial Times In a speech earlier this week, Britain's prime minister advises the eurozone to change its monetary policies and fiscal institutions. But what does he think about the policies his government is following at home? On that he is not for turning. |
European financial woes push markets lower BusinessWeek Ratings agency Moody's downgraded 16 Spanish banks late Thursday, three days after downgrading 26 Italian lenders, noting they are vulnerable to huge losses on government debt. In Spain's case, the lenders are also exposed to tens of billions of euros ... |
 The Free Press of the University of Southern Maine | UK's economic cheese and debt pickle: James Saft Reuters By James Saft (Reuters) - Pity poor Britain: their own currency to depreciate, their own central bank to print and buy government debt, and yet here we have the second recession in three years. Not only did GDP shrink by 0.2 percent in the first ... Photo courtesy of public-domain-image.com |
 International Business Times | US, Germany far apart on economic fix The Seattle Times Who: The Group of Eight is made up of the leaders of the United States, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and Russia. President Obama also has invited leaders of Benin, Ghana, Tanzania and Ethiopia to join African food-security talks. GLOBAL MARKETS-Fear of Greece euro exit sparks equity sell-off Investors Flock To Safe-Haven European Debt On Greece Fear As G-8 world leaders head to Camp David, a test looms for the euro zone |
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