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Exporting starts at home

A short while ago I dined at a very well known Leicestershire venue that attracts people from all over the country. The dessert menu included 'a selection of French cheeses'. Nothing wrong in that you may say but ponder a little longer and you begin to wonder why specifically French cheeses. That venue is but a few miles from the source of some of the best cheeses in the world, made locally in Leicestershire. The UK more widely makes a huge range of some of the finest cheeses that money can buy.

23 October 2008

Elizabeth Robinson

The credit crisis has entered a new phase. Over the summer, rising inflation was the major worry. The focus is now on preventing a prolonged global recession. Bold and coordinated moves by policymakers appear to have pushed the global economy back from the precipice. Yet history suggests that deflating asset bubbles/financial crises generally result in deeper and longer downturns. If 2008 was defined by inflation and volatility, 2009 will be defined by unemployment and financial consolidation for households and business.