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Economy to hit 2008 high by summer says British Chamber of Commerce
Mr Longworth, Chairman of the BCC spoke about the level of youth employment and what the government can do to try and assuage the problem saying: “We urge the chancellor to use this month’s Budget wisely by incentivising businesses to hire young people so that the next generation of workers are not left behind.” In a separate report by the Federation of Small Business (FSB) which focussed on the confidence in the current economic climate of small business’ it was announced that “one in seven small companies want to create jobs in the
Transport Union leader Bob Crow passed away on the eleventh of March after suffering a massive heart attack at the age of 52 years old. Mr Crow the scourge of the right had battled for better working conditions for the London Underground Network and was responsible for securing the Bombadier the Derby train makers who last month were awarded £1billion pounds Crossrail Contract.
The overall size of the UK economy will overtake it’s 2008 pre recession peak according to business lobby group the British Chamber of Commerce (BCC). The BCC thinks the second quarter, starting in April, will see GDP exceed the level seen at the start of 2008. In upgraded forecasts, it estimates economic growth will be 2.8% this year - up from its earlier estimate of 2.7%. However the BCC also warns of the “unacceptably high” levels of youth employment.
Bob Crow has fought his last fight
next three months” However despite the optimistic forecasts for the economy from a number of groups including the BCC and FSB, Mr Longworth of the BCC says that “it’s not time to break out the champagne glasses just yet” This news will buoy the government and particularly Chancellor George Osborne who is set to announce the new budget on the 19th of this month. While austerity measures are almost certainly set to continue, this may be the light at the end of the tunnel for many business’ across the country.
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Bob Crow was well known for standing with his members on the picket line during strikes. Although disliked by politicians on the right he was well respected in his line of duty. Joining the railways not long after his sixteen birthday he rose to become union leader after following in the footsteps of his father who was also a union leader. He became general secretary of the RMT in 2002 after the death of the previous leader Jimmy Knapp. The Londoner who was a lifelong
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defender of the working class, he was very passionate about safe public transport, working conditions, raising wage conditions and his beloved Millwall Football Club. Paul Kenny general secretary of the GMB union said about the untimely death of the inimitable Bob Crow “The loss of Bob is devastating. Even those who didn’t like what he did agreed he did it very well. Bob’s strength, personal integrity and straightforward speaking won many battles for his members. He leaves his wife Nicola Hoarau and four children. Bob Crow on his decision to stay in a modest council house “I was born in a council house and I’ll die in a council house.” He wasn’t that far off. The world will be a darker place without him in it. By
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