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...Within the eurozone figures, business activity continued to contract in Germany and France, while it grew in the rest of the bloc....
...The £20mn will fund “proof of concept” studies at universities, said Williamson....
...France experienced its sharpest contraction in business activity since November 2020....
...Industrial production data for France and Spain, also published this week, will indicate how broad-based the expected resilience of the eurozone manufacturing sector is....
...There was a contrast between the improved outlook of services companies and a sharper-than-expected downturn in manufacturing, particularly in France....
...War of the Wind by Victoria Williamson, Neem Tree Press £8.99 After losing his hearing, 14-year-old Max is disgruntled to be schooled alongside pupils with special needs....
...Gavin Williamson latest | A senior civil servant claims Sir Gavin Williamson told them to “slit your throat” in what they felt was a sustained campaign of bullying while he was defence secretary, Pippa Crerar...
...France, which has the lowest inflation rate in the euro area, is expected to continue growing, albeit at a slower rate....
...But Williamson said high inflation was “not only hitting demand but also limiting manufacturing production and service sector activity in some cases”....
...France and German services sectors surpassed analysts’ expectations but manufacturing activity in the eurozone’s biggest economy contracted....
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...The biggest fall was in Spain, where sales fell 4 per cent in March, while France and Germany also suffered declines....
...The figures, based on survey responses collected between February 10 and 17, showed that activity rose at the fastest pace in eight months in France and the highest in six months in Germany....
...Between 2018 and 2020, 22 biotech companies were founded in the UK, double the number in France or Switzerland....
...This year’s lineup includes New York-based painter Philemona Williamson and British painter Charmaine Watkiss, who is inspired by her research into the African Caribbean diaspora....
...“The eurozone economy is being dealt yet another blow from Covid-19,” said Chris Williamson, chief business economist at IHS Markit....
...France is mobilising businesses, households and government agencies to make radical cuts in energy use ahead of the potential loss of gas from Russia....
...In France, where the government plans to loosen coronavirus restrictions that were tightened last month, business activity slowed to its lowest growth rate for nine months....
...The figure, based on data collected between November 12 and 19, was stronger than the drop to 53.2 forecast by economists polled by Reuters, reflecting above expectations for both Germany and France....
...Chris Williamson, at IHS Markit, said the stronger expansion of business activity in November “was unlikely to prevent the eurozone from suffering slower growth in the fourth quarter.”...
...The PMIs showed that activity rose at the fastest pace in eight months in France and the highest in six months in Germany....
...In France, input delivery times for manufacturers increased by the second highest amount on record, surpassed only by the period in April 2020 shortly after the pandemic hit....
...Mark Williamson, global head of FX partnerships at HSBC, said the banks were also talking to financial market infrastructure operators about their potential involvement....
...The eurozone’s two largest economies, Germany and France, both logged a slowdown in the pace at which manufacturing activity increased....
...The picture is brighter in France, where businesses reported only a slight slowdown in growth....
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