Tom Frew

Ahead of the UK’s 2013/14 financial budget we ask Alpesh Patel, financial author, trader and media commentator, for his thoughts on what Chancellor George Osborne should be announcing on Wednesday. For me the two key elements the Chancellor should do: 1. Encourage corporate investment through matched funding a.  The Government is keen not to spend and […]

Ahead of the UK’s 2013/14 financial budget we ask legendary trader John Piper for his thoughts on what Chancellor George Osborne should be announcing on Wednesday.     The UK is in a bit of a mess right and here is a quote from a recent report of my BIG CALL service: “Great News! It […]

With one eye on the 2015 election George Osborne’s budget will put politics before the action the economy desperately needs, with goverment press briefings indicating that it will not feature the radical measures businesses need to grow. Private investors website ADVFN has filled this economic void with a budget by business for business, featuring policies […]

Ahead of the publishing of ADVFN’s Alternative Budget 2013 we ask Zak Mir, ADVFN Newspaper writerm Senior Analyst at the Institute of Trading and Portfolio Management and author of Lessons from the Financial Markets for 2013, for his thoughts on what Chancellor George Osborne should be announcing next Wednesday. George, if you’re reading, you may […]

Flat taxes on income; 20% for earnings of £10k plus, 30% for over £50k, and 35% Ahead of the publishing of ADVFN’s Alternative Budget 2013 we ask legendary trader Robbie Burns, the Naked Trader, for his thoughts on what Chancellor George Osborne should be announcing next Wednesday. – Cut taxes and introduce flat taxes: For one […]

Concern grows that the United Kingdom is heading towards a triple dip recession The pound sterling has fallen to a two-and-a-half year low of 1.4832 against the United States dollar following news that the UK’s manufacturing sector fell by 1.5% during January. Whilst the pound regained lost ground to close trading at $1.4902 the decline […]

Sector records 3.1% in January compared to same period in 2012 German exported commodities rose to 88.6 billion euros and imported commodities to the value of 74.9 billion euros in January 2013. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that German exports increased by 3.1% and imports by 2.9% in January […]

BP and GlaxoSmithKline lend support to David Cameron’s policy The chief executives of FTSE firm have written to the Financial Times declaring their support for the UK government’s foreign aid policy. Signed by BP’s Robert Dudley, BT’s Sir Michael Rake, and GlaxoSmithKline’s Sit Andrew Witty the letter argues that “Developing countries become emerging economies and […]

New employment figures released amidst Sequester debate The United Stated economy 236,000 jobs in February newly released figures reveal.  When combined with 157,000 jobs created in January the US employment rate now stands at 7.7%, the lowest figure since President Obama took office in January 2009. Welcoming the figures Alan Krueger, chairman of the White […]

Leading ally of German Chancellor argues currency will be stronger without Greece Alexander Dobraindt, leader of Germany’s Christian Social Union (CSU) and a close ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, has argued that the euro would be stronger without Greece. Arguing that the “greatest risk for the euro is still Greece” Mr Dobraindt said that whilst […]