Archive of South West Business Insider
Issue - July 2010
If the private sector is to lead the UK economy to happier pastures, a new generation of business leaders will play a big part in taking us there. This month, Insider’s annual 42 under 42 feature profiles some of the most interesting young leaders coming through in the region. The ambition, intelligence and energy of many of them should give our political leaders cause for optimism. Elsewhere in the issue you’ll find coverage of several Insider events held in recent weeks, including a science in technology breakfast looking at activity in the Bristol-Bath city region, and roundtable debates on exporting and on the Wiltshire economy.
The deals market in the South West is starting to move again. Kurt Jacobs reports.
Bristol Water says it has to invest more in its ageing infrastructure if it’s to keep the water flowing. Ofwat says it can’t. Christian Annesley met Alan Parsons, the company’s managing director, to get to the bottom of a very public disagreement.
It’s finally done – and it almost feels like a relief.
The emergency Budget delivered by George
Osborne on 22 June wasn’t just the culmination
of a few weeks of frantic number-crunching by the
coalition government. Really it was the Budget
we’ve all been waiting for since the financial crisis
hit in 2007, and the public sector debt started to
rack up while the credit bubble deflated.