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Unemployment increases, but are house prices on the mend?

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house prices increase

The broad tone of business related news over the last week is still not surprisingly focused around the effects of the recession on companies as well as trying to establish whether there are signs that a recovery is imminent.

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Comments (0) Jul 21 2009

Mixed signals as the risk of job losses increase

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The stories in the press over the last week and weekend remain balanced for the most part with some positive stories, however there does seem to be an increasing tone of realism/pessimism as there are an ever growing number of mixed signals coming through.

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Comments (1) Jul 13 2009

Simplicity is good

Posted: under Business, Core Competence, Five Forces Analysis, Resource Based Strategy, SWOT Analysis.
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There is a phrase recurring amongst senior government officials: ‘don’t waste a good crisis’. The phrase refers to the fact that, in public services as in business, difficult times can provide a useful opportunity to reflect on the fundamentals; to take some difficult decisions that the good times made easy to postpone. Read the rest of this entry »

Comments (0) Jun 08 2009

The Green Shoots of Recovery ?

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An increasing number of politicians and policy makers are talking about the worst of this crisis being over, and there being evidence of the beginnings of recovery.
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Comments (0) Apr 22 2009

The Changing Face of the Financial Sector

Posted: under Business, Core Competence, Corporate Social Responsibility, Downsizing, Finance, Transformational Change.
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After more than 10 years  spearheading the US and UK economies, the unprecedented events of last year  - which saw a whole host of financial behemoths bailed out by their respective governments - are still playing out, and the whole industry is undergoing a huge transformational change.
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Comments (2) Mar 25 2009

There will certainly be more uncertainty…

Posted: under Business, Change Management, Crisis Management, Economics, Globalisation, Networked Economy, Offshoring, Outsourcing, Restructuring, Scenario Planning.
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Managers need to understand their options, then select and apply the ones that suit their scenario, quickly.
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Comments (0) Mar 10 2009

Financial Markets - Feb 12th

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The devil is always in the detail … or in this case lack of it.
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Comments (0) Feb 12 2009

Change the game, or change the rules 2

Posted: under Business, Customer Satisfaction, E-Commerce, Economics, Globalisation, Just-In Time Delivery, Lean Production, Supply Chain Management.
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It can be difficult to see which way is up for retailers at the moment, so will increased global risk change the rules of effective retailing and distribution?
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Comments (0) Jan 31 2009

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Comments (0) Jan 28 2009

Financial Markets - Jan 21st

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Onwards and downwards it would seem.

After the relatively calm start to the year, this last week has seen a return to the sombre mood that we ended last year on.  Stock markets have been hammered again, unsurprisingly led lower by financial stocks, with the Dow giving up 1,000 points on the week, and the FTSE just under 300.  Meanwhile credit risk resumed its widening trend, with bank and sovereign risk dominating the move as yet another bank baiout has been required in the UK, this time the headline number being hundreds of billions of taxpayer’s money.

The economic data calendar has been relatively quiet, and if anything th UK numbers out this morning were not quite as bad as expected.  However the negative mood continues to permeate, and with news stories heralding the nationalisation of UK banks with RBS on the brink of being the guinea pig (already 70% government owned), Lloyds TSB hot on its heels (43%), now Barclays has been heavily sold in anticipation it will go the same way.  Out of the US BlackRock reported the loss of $80bn in Q4 of 2008 alone, and there seems little reason to expect anything positive to come out of the sector as a whole.

Overall we think markets will remain heavy with any pop being seen as an opportunity to sell.  Volumes remain light however as the ongoing lack risk appetite does not seem about to change, and until such time as the news flow can maintain a sustained spell of positivity there seems little reason to step in and buy.  That said, we do think that this is the time to begin to scan the market for companies that have a good financial balance and look able to trade through the storm, as Q2 or Q3 could mark the lows, and bargain hunters could appear.

Comments (0) Jan 21 2009

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