It looks like Mr Darling is giving us all a Christmas present by lowering VAT from 17.5% to 15%. This isn't going to make much difference to the price of goods but will it have more of a psychological effect on us "consumers"? The good news is that it will take off roughly £25 for every £1000 you spend and if that instils some confidence back into the economy then I'm all for it. Every conversation I have had with companies in other countries we deal with has touched on ...
Heathrow's new third runway - an environmental disaster or economic necessity? For 5 years of my life I worked in aviation, leasing anything from small 2 seater propeller aircraft to 747's and huge Antanov AN124 Ukranian freighters. Prior to this I studied Aviation Economics, technology and various other associated subjects. This you may think means I am in favour of the third runway at Heathrow but to be honest it just isn't the best option. The aviation industry is ...
In the UK we typically have two types of system integrators (SI's): 1/ The custom system builder who only builds systems (like Kobalt) 2/ The component reseller who also builds systems Over the past 5 years we have seen massive growth of component resellers offering various systems for sale which can be argued has forced smaller system builders to either cut the costs of their products to compete or push their strengths such as customer service and their ...
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