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Farming, Building and Bombs: Challenges for 2025 and beyond

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In 2025 the UK Labour government, through their planning and infrastructure bill, wants to encourage investment in multiple asset classes as diverse as housebuilding and public sector projects such as schools, hospitals, and prisons along with increasing defence spending on number of military programmes. Whether shared-ownership homes, GP’s surgeries or submarines they all require co-operative […]

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Higher for How Much Longer and Steady the Shipping? 

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October 2023’s ‘Higher for Longer: A Cure and a Curse’ blog requires an update to how much longer will central bankers hold interest rates at their current levels before rate cutting begins- for instance, the European Central Bank is expected to start in June.  Central Bankers and their economic advisors, along with media pundits, are

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That’s Resilience for You: US Q3 GDP Growth Revised Up from 4.9% to 5.2%

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Despite economic concerns over issues such as inflation and rising interest rates, geo-political tensions and hostilities, the world’s largest economy has just had its gross domestic product growth revised up to 5.2% for period from July to September 2023, according to the Daily FX website. The Financial Times (2023) initially reported the story at the

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A Fresh Look: How to navigate 21st Century Challenges For A Private Investor

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Since the January 2022 blog, a rather lot economically and geo-politically has occurred, namely war in Ukraine which has given cause or excuse to global inflationary concerns with rising food and commodity prices. Fuel bills soared in 2022 with prices caps being introduced the alleviate consumer concerns. Prices for gas have since fallen although UK

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NATO Wobbles and Kurds Abandoned: You Left Me Just When I Needed You Most

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The 70th year celebrations of the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation has been less an occasion of congratulations and more of niggling squabbles and backstabbing gossip. The meeting of members took place in the UK in Hertfordshire and Buckingham Palace, London. US President Trump complained about the Canadian Premier reneging on the 2%

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