Andrew Grice

Recent Articles by Andrew Grice

December 16, 2009

Fears of 'Double-Dip' Downturn Grow in UK

Businessmen have become more gloomy about the economy in the past month, raising fears that Britain may slip into a "double-dip" recession next year. A ComRes survey ...

September 18, 2009

Britain Could Return to Growth by March

A senior policymaker at the Bank of England has said the British economy should return to growth "within the next six to nine months", but warns that the "protracted" ...

September 16, 2009

Britain Worries about Jobless Recovery

Ministers are urgently drawing up measures to try to prevent a "job-lite recovery" in which unemployment continues to rise even when the economy starts to grow again. ...

August 26, 2009

British Business Views Signs of Recovery

Business leaders are more upbeat about the prospects of economic recovery than at any time since the recession began, according to a poll for The Independent. The ...

July 17, 2009

Young Hit Worst by British Joblessness

Unemployment has soared by a record 281,000 in three months to total 2.38 million, the highest since before New Labour came to power. Some 7.6 per cent of the ...

March 18, 2009

IMF Offers Bleak View of British Economy

The British economy is heading for its worst year since the Great Depression, according to the latest predictions from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The fund ...

January 28, 2009

IMF Slashes European Growth Prospects

The world faces its worst recession since the Second World War, with the UK on course to be bottom of the international growth league among the major advanced ...

January 19, 2009

The Bloodbath of British Banks

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) announced the biggest loss in British corporate history yesterday. The news triggered fears the bank would be nationalised and caused a ...

January 15, 2009

Bruising Battle Looms over Heathrow

The Government was warned last night that it faced a long and bitter struggle to secure the expansion of Heathrow after giving the go-ahead to controversial plans for ...

January 13, 2009

Britain Sets $30B Fund to Help Small Biz

The Government will pledge £10bn of taxpayers' money today to underwrite loans for small and medium-sized companies to prevent them going bust in the recession. The ...