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May 28 2008
THE Confederation of British Industry (CBI) hosted a “Question Time” event with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Yvette Cooper, in Bridgend last week....
May 14 2008
THERE are signs that the worst of the credit crunch may have passed, with the gap between interbank lending rates and the base rate narrowing, but the effect of the financial crisis on the wider economy is still unclear....
Feb 20 2008
LAST week I was approached by a CBI member who had been invited to a small private lunch with Alistair Darling. He wanted to be sure that he got across all the points that the business community would wish to make to the Chancellor at this uncertain time for the economy, and could I advise?...
Jan 23 2008
Last week the Welsh Assembly Government launched its third skills and employment strategy, called Skills That Work For Wales....
Oct 31 2007
LAST week an invitation dropped through my letter box inviting the CBI to give evidence to the Assembly Finance Committee’s review of the Private Finance Initiative and its use in Wales....
Oct 24 2007
LAST week Michael Moritz spoke at the Cardiff Business Club. He attracted one of the club’s largest audiences and his comments were widely reported afterwards. Why not – as a Cardiff boy who went west, to California, and became a billionaire by helping to finance seedling companies such as Google, Yahoo, YouTube and eBay, it makes a great story....
Oct 10 2007
Recently the Cardiff Chamber of Commerce made a call for the introduction of road pricing across south east Wales. ...
