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CBI calls for tough budget action

The CBI has called on the government to deliver a 'credible' economic plan to speed up the balancing of public finances by 2016 - two years earlier than planned.

CBI, Richard Lambert

UK manufacturing to edge higher UK

Growth in UK manufacturing production is expected to pick up slightly over the next three months with firms the most positive about output for almost two years, according to the CBI.

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Unexpected sales fall in service sector

The UK’s service sector saw an unexpected fall in sales in the last three months, according to the latest CBI Service Sector Survey.

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CBI: deficit the priority

Employers' organisation the CBI, said it urgently wants the government to bring the deficit down.

Alistair Darling, CBI, Conservative Party, George Osborne, Richard Lambert, the Guardian

CBI: credit squeeze eases

Businesses are finding it easier to obtain new credit for the first time this year, and expect the situation to improve at a similar rate over the coming three months, the CBI said today.

CBI, CBI, CBI, Richard Lambert

UK economy to return to growth

The rate of decline in orders and output among the UK’s small and medium-sized manufacturers is slowing, according to the CBI’s latest quarterly SME Trends Survey.

Moreover, medium-sized companies are predicting a return to growth in the next quarter, thanks to an improvement in export orders.

CBI, Russel Griggs

Retirement review brought forward

The Government has signalled that a planned review of default retirement ages will be brought forward by a year, and will now take place in 2010. Economic and demographic factors were cited as underlying the decision.

CBI, Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development, TUC

Independent schools

Have private schools been given six of the best by the recession? EN examines the real bottom line.

Keystroke cops

These days the data held on your computers could be worth more than the hardware itself. So what can you do to make it more secure?

Pigs in lipstick?

Examples of impressive business sales were thin on the ground in 2009 but this year could see that change – if sellers get their presentation right.

Ad its chips?

During the recession marketing budgets have migrated onto the internet at a rate of knots. What has the impact been? EN investigates.

Barring a miracle

The economy might still be limping along but at least gold traders are making a mint. EN discovers how the inflation of a bubble is spawning a glut of new businesses.

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