Many organisations have put forward suggestions of things that need to be addressed such as employment rates, pay, health and formal education, but there seems to be fairly broad agreement that one of the central issues is the differences in productivity between regions – that’s the amount of value created per hour worked.
Whilst the weather forecast looks poor, the good news is our long-awaited campervan is due to arrive on Thursday. Whilst I say campervan - it's yet to be converted. Luckily, Duncan converted our previous VW, which we sold earlier in the year to help fund this new one....
Demand isn't the problem. The bulk of UK-built cars are sold overseas, and manufacturers say there's plenty of appetite for them. But two issues, both linked to the pandemic, have got in the way of the recovery: the global semiconductor shortage and the shortage of...
Martin Lewis, who founded the charity, said: "The UK is facing an epidemic of scam adverts. Our advertising rules were set up to police soap manufacturers making false cleanliness claims, not to tackle sophisticated, psychologically adept, digital organised crime,...
