UK productivity problems persist, a decade of deficit reduction ends, and we are all a little happier
The UK's productivity puzzle continued, with productivity in the UK falling at its fastest annual pace in five years in
Jersey’s latest GDP figures published, incumbent Chief Minister Fabian Picardo re-elected in Gibraltar and a big drop in inflation on the Isle of Man
Jersey’s key annual report measuring the islands economic performance was published this month.In 2018, GDP increased by 1.8% on an
£163m of new growth deal funding used as an incentive to recall Stormont, and Wrightbus, Bombardier Belfast and Harland and Wolff are all bought
Unemployment in NI decreased by 2,000 to 26,000 between June and August, the fall of 0.2% left the overall rate
Planning permission for Wylfa Newydd nuclear power project deferred, a slew of job losses, and taxpayers on the hook for more cash at Cardiff Airport
Unemployment in Wales increased by 5,000 to 64,000 between June and August, the increase of 0.4% took the overall rate
Largely negative economic data and a slew of job losses, the North Coast 500 shows which economic road to take
Data released by the Scottish government showed GDP contracted by 0.2% over Q2 instead of the initial 0.3% estimate. Compared
A significant drop in wages in Dover, fusion power in Oxfordshire and regional infrastructure wins
Unemployment in the SE increased by 14,000 to 149,000 between June and August, the increase of 0.3% took the overall
A substantial investment in tomatoes in East Anglia, dragons in Cambridgeshire and a big jump in unemployment
Unemployment in the East of England increased by 17,000 to 109,000 between June and August, the increase of 0.5% was
Wages in Weston-Super-Mare drop the most in the country, the UK’s first Superbus network trialled in Cornwall and plans to suspend people above Bristol in a bubble
Unemployment in the SW decreased by 7,000 to 70,000 between June and August, which took the overall rate to 2.4%,
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Scottish unemployment at a record low, whisky galore and the ‘Carstairs Kiss’
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East Midland’s property prices increase the most in England but economic growth slows and a new ‘Minister for the Midlands’
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London tops the national growth league but the capital’s house prices drop the most in the UK, and all change on some train routes but not others