Hints and tips:
...He tells me the UK government’s R&D budget is approaching £20bn a year, and that private-sector R&D now exceeds public money roughly threefold....
...We should aim to at least double R&D as a share of GDP (public and private funding together)....
...David Page: Yes....
...Keith Martin, Teddington J & S Hoare, North Yorkshire; Christina McKittrick, Kingston Polymath 1,011: Dr S Bailey, Swindon Crossword 16,099: Suzanne P Wilson, Windermere; D Barter, Cumbria; Jean-Marc...
...Bronwyn Curtis, chair at JPMorgan Asian Investment Trust: No....
...Linda Yueh: Hopefully a bit better....
...I’d also expect to see fiscal policy loosened. Perhaps a cut in VAT?...
...I’d expect 2-3 increases bringing the Bank Rate to 1-1.25 per cent....
...Linda Yueh, adjunct professor of economics, London Business School It’s unlikely to be much different than this year....
...Linda Yueh, adjunct professor of economics, London Business School Feel about the same as 12 months ago....
...David Page, senior economist, US and UK, Axa Investment Managers Yes but only slowly....
...Keith Wade, Group Chief Economist, Schroders 1.6 per cent well behind the US, Eurozone and probably Japan. Uncertainty over Brexit is holding back capex (which is strong elsewhere)....
...D and patents, and retraining our work force....
...It will hurt long-term growth which is driven by human capital, R&D and education. Walk into any university lab, and you will hear many languages. That is a strength not a weakness....
...D, GlaxoSmithKline Mikael Dolsten President of Worldwide Research and Development, Pfizer Martin Murphy Chief Executive, Syncona Partners Dr Jeremy Farrar Director, Wellcome Trust Neil Woodford CBE...
...Plan D , by Simon Urban, Harvill Secker, RRP£14.99, 528 pages A procedural with a twist, set in a Germany where the wall never fell....
...Zeeko Leicestershire Website: www.zeeko.co.uk Employees:35 Managing director: R. R....
...clear that it took plenty of negligence, greed and misplaced trust on the part of others to build his pyramid....
...War Games: The Story of Aid and War in Modern Times, by Linda Polman, Viking RRP£12.99 Linda Polman, a Dutch writer and journalist, suggests that development aid can sometimes fail to achieve its objectives...
...Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy By Eric D....
...Adam Afriyie Chairman, Connect Support Services Muquim Ahmed Asian Foods Henry Angest Chairman and Chief Executive, Secure Trust Banking Group James Arkell Managing Director, Arkells Brewery S. S....
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