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The UK is falling behind in the investment race. We need to change this narrative. It's time for bold policies to attract investment and boost our economy. Read more about this and visit our website to stay updated on current news and trends at https://lnkd.in/eMgmCngN #VATCompliance #investment #UKeconomy #G7

Stop the Fearmongering: Five Ways Rachel Reeves can Champion SMEs Ahead of the Autumn Statement🤚 Ahead of the Autumn budget next week, Douglas Grant discusses five ways Reeves can champion SMEs going forward. 👉 Establish Long-term Government-Backed Regional Financial Support 👉 Use Technology to Enhance Job Performance 👉 Enhance and Develop New Infrastructure 👉 Optimising Supply Chains and Ethical Trade Infrastructure 👉 Keep Incentivising Investment in UK SMEs Read on below https://lnkd.in/gVE7WecK #budget #smes #innovation #investment #AutumnBudget #budget2024 #rachelreeves #labour #investment #ukpolicy #ukpolitics #politicsuk #chamber

Another major name in the world of finance today advised clients that the “palpable” improvement in prospects for the UK economy has made it a good bet for investment. City investment bank Peel Hunt said in research note that the UK was in a far better position after “years of damaging uncertainty” since the Brexit vote in 2016 and the stagnation that followed Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine. Head of research Charles Hall and chief economist Kallum Pickering said: “We see the UK positioned for a protracted period of above-average growth, benefitting from increasing business investment, improving consumer demand, stabilising inflation, and lower interest rates.” Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eG5cfbuk

Slashing public investment is the worst thing to do to solve UK growth problem https://buff.ly/3Th9w2v @EvansAmbro43554 in @Telegraph on our investment report https://buff.ly/48KA5n3

DB: Corporate Bond markets in Europe - a structural perspective. The European economy needs significant investment for innovation and competitiveness. Banks alone can’t meet these needs, so debt securities are crucial. As of Q2 2024, non-financial corporations in the EU have issued EUR 2 trillion in debt securities, with EUR 1.7 trillion in the euro area. The market has grown 6.8% annually since the financial crisis. France leads in corporate debt issuance, while Germany lags. Investment funds are the largest holders of these bonds, followed by insurance companies and pension funds. Households hold very little directly. Source: DB Research https://lnkd.in/dx_pRM35 #fixedincome #bonds #europeanbonds #corporate #allocation #investment

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) reports that the UK's investment levels have lagged behind those of its G7 counterparts since the mid-1990s. This shortfall in investment has impacted the UK's productivity and economic growth, highlighting the need for enhanced policy measures to boost investment and close the gap with its peers. To Know More Info : https://lnkd.in/gBwWmcfP... #UKInvestment #IPPRReport #EconomicGrowth #ProductivityGap #G7Economies #InvestmentShortfall #EconomicPolicy #UKEconomy

💡 New paper on the Journal of International Money and Finance with Costas Milas and Georgios Papapanagiotou 📌 UK Foreign Direct Investment in uncertain economic times. 💡 We use a time-varying Bayesian models to assess the impact of the shifting, and progressively more volatile (especially since the EU Referendum vote in 2016) macroeconomic landscape on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows to the UK. FDI inflows are depressed in response to higher UK-specific economic and geopolitical uncertainty. A stronger real exchange rate and a higher interest rate also have a negative effect. It benefits from lower UK corporate tax rates and higher US uncertainty, the latter creating investment opportunities in the UK. 📌 Rising economic policy uncertainty since the EU Referendum, has led to FDI losses of up to 0.5% of GDP. 📌 Paper available here: https://lnkd.in/dEiRQPTg