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David Bailey: Still waiting for a Plan A for the growth strategy Jan 20 2012

Each week seems to bring more gloomy news on the economy. This week, two leading economic forecasters stated that the UK could already be back in recession.Read

Dragons’ Den winner issues legal warning over IP Dec 29 2011

An innovative Midlands-based entrepreneur, who successfully secured investment from the Dragons’ Den, has warned that failing to budget for legal advice may mean losing out in the marketplace.Read

David Bailey: Gosh Harry, this is more scary than in the movies Dec 23 2011

Readers with children may recall the phrase “Fasten your seatbelts… it’s going to be a bumpy ride” spoken by the Shrunken Head in a 2004 Harry Potter film.Read

David Bailey: Autumn Statement an exercise in damage limitation Dec 01 2011

Professor David Bailey considers the hopes for growth in the aftermath of George Osborne’s Autumn Statement Read

David Bailey: Markets should be part of region's grand plans Nov 25 2011

Last week’s Birmingham Post carried a piece on the local LEP stating that it was aiming to create 100,000 jobs and lever in more than £8 billion in private sector money. I wish it well in these ambitious objectives.Read

David Bailey: Birmingham should be investing in its markets Oct 28 2011

Next time you tuck into your balti, burger, fish and chips or even your Michelin five-star gastronomic delight, pause for a moment and think about where that food came from.Read

David Bailey: Cameron and Osborne must rethink their austerity policies Sep 30 2011

Last week David Cameron warned that the global economy risked “staring down the barrel”.Read

David Bailey: Engine plant will drive JLR's global ambition in a sensible manner Sep 23 2011

After years of plant closures in the region’s car industry (think MG Rover, Peugeot, Jaguar at Brown’s Lane), news this week that JLR will build its new engine plant near Wolverhampton will provide a major boost.Read

David Bailey: A Government re-think could inspire confidence Sep 02 2011

In early 2009, with the real world still mired in recession and credit crunch, financial markets seemed on a different planet, rebounding strongly on the feeling that the worst of the downturn was over. There was much patting-of-backs at the perceived avoidance of a 1930s style depression and former PM Gordon Brown inadvertently boasted in the Commons of having ‘saved the world’, or at least the banks.Read

David Bailey: Open Sesame – time to learn trick to real growth Aug 04 2011

Of course, last week’s growth figures could have been much worse. Indeed, given that the HM Treasury spin machine had gone into overdrive so as to manage down expectations, in the end many were simply relieved that there was a plus sign in front of the anemic 0.2 per cent growth figure finally reported by the ONS.Read

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