The final Budget before the election was always going to struggle to provide sizable giveaways with such tight public finances, but even so there were some interesting surprises. The most innovative of these was the announcement of a Help to Buy: ISA, where for every £200 a first time buyer […]
The 2014 Autumn Statement left little room for manoeuvre, the deficit is not as low as the government would like and the temptation for giveaways is significant. What can be said though is that whilst the deficit challenge remains, the focus on innovation and reform rather than grand gestures is […]
Whilst the 2014 Budget was unlikely to be one of significant spending given the fiscal constraints that continue to challenge government, it did provide a backdrop of significant innovation in several policy areas which has not been seen for a number of years. The most significant of these innovations was […]
Today the new progressive Business think tank, Business innovate opened for business. This launch meant that two major milestones were hit: The launch of the Business Innovate website Following development work by myself, today saw the launch of the Business Innovate website. This site combines clean looks, sharing capabilities, automatic […]