Business is the wealth generator of the UK, and small and family businesses are the often neglected heart of the UK economy, with family businesses alone employing nearly four in ten of the UK’s workforce. We propose ways to make the UK an economy all businesses can thrive in.
Scotland: Could it become Greece without the sun?
Scottish independence would entail significant economic risk. Scotland’s budget deficit is currently over three times higher than the UK average as a % of GDP.
The Great Overtake
The OECD forecasts that the UK’s GDP is expected to surpass Germany in the mid 2030s.
How to Sell the Family Silver: Ignore the Banks
John Chown explains how the Government can fairly and efficiently sell the remaining bank shares without losing millions of pounds in the process.
Are the doommongers right about the UK economy?
Which is the greater economic risk: an impending recession or missing borrowing forecasts?
99p petrol will not last forever
The current low price of oil is unsustainable for oil producing nations. The government must act now to ensure shale gas can fill the UK energy gap.
The Abolition of Deposit Insurance
Andreas Wesemann argues that the government must stop insuring bank deposits � a practice that has only resulted in an increase in the probability and severity of banking crises.
The Great Green Hangover
The Government must act now to cut bills and avoid an energy crisis next year.
No Time for Complacency on UK Economy
There has been success in the UK in reducing unemployment and public sector share of economy since 2010. But the country’s record current account deficit of 5.1% of GDP poses threat to its continuedeconomic recovery.
The Facts About Fugitive Methane
Methane, the main component of natural gas, has a high greenhouse potential, and opponents of shale gas production argue that even if one or two percent of the gas leaks, the advantage of natural gas over coal would be negated.
Not out of the woods yet
With the Spending Review looming, the Government should use the opportunity to implement further supply side reforms and deficit reduction measures to ensure that UK economic growth and labour market performance remain strong.
Corbynomics: A Path to Penury
Corbynomics is based on the false premise that Britain is a free market nirvana. Britain needs much deeper pro-market reforms not a return to nationalisation.
The Enterprise Right to Buy
The Government should extend Right to Buy to commercial tenants. This could increase development and help reduce the deficit.
How to Privatise the High Street
The Government should enhance Business Improvement Districts and support locally-lead regeneration of Britain’s streets.
A First Steps Budget
“For spoilers ahead of the Autumn Statement later this year, you could do worse than to look at anything coming out from the Centre for Policy Studies”
The Workplace ISA and the ISA Pension
Introduce a Workplace ISA and ISA Pensions and reduce the deficit by up to £10 billion per year.
The Case for an Office for Inter-generational Responsibility
Michael Johnson responds to the OBR’s latest annual Fiscal Sustainability report, warning that UK debt is snowballing with frightening momentum – and it is the young who will be hit hardest.
