An update and some excellent resources, from John Birchall
May be the recovery is under way
The size of the Chinese economy is impressive but it’s the US that still drives most European economies. It appears that the US is ‘job growing’ and that means that their industries are growing in confidence. They think they will sell and we hope buy more in 2011. If that is so then may be the recovery is growing – may be.
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/01/05/recovery-may-see-producers-pass-on-commodity-price-in
Some movers and shakers
A good blog to encourage students to read, it shows how the small business sector in reacting to the economic conditions.
http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/running_small_business/archives/small_business_success_stories/index.html
An excellent teaching resource
‘Talk Talk’ have produced six, short case studies on businesses that were successful in the first decade of this century – e.g. Innocent. Might be of use in lesson preparation.
http://www.talktalk.co.uk/business/features-new/success-stories-last-ten-years.html
A regional perspective
It might seem that many of the stories carried in these blogs are ‘London-focused’; well here is an opportunity to dispel that feeling. The second city of England, Birmingham is proud of its business sector. Why not read about how things are progressing in ‘Brum’?
http://www.birminghampost.net/