Titan Business Insurance hopes that the latest growth figures from China are not a bad omen for British exports which rely on emerging growth to fuel the world recovery. The latest figures from China showed that growth had slowed to 8.1% for the first quarter of the year, down from 8.9% in the last quarter. … Read More
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Irish Construction Sector Continues to Struggle
Titan Construction Insurance notes that that Irish sector is continuing to struggle. Indeed, in the first quarter of the year, the construction sector contracted further, albeit at a slower pace than before. Titan believes that there is some hope coming back to the Irish construction sector, with the number of new orders showing a degree … Read More
Europe Wobbles Again
Titan Business Insurance is concerned that Europe’s troubles are about to haunt the UK again as the markets once again become obsessed with Spanish and Italian bond prices. For the last month, fears over the future of Europe had subsided says Titan, mainly because of the Europe Central Bank pumping millions of Euros into the … Read More
Beware of Aggregator Websites
In January of this year the Financial Services Authority (FSA) cracked down on 2 aggregator websites (BeatThatQuote and ArgosCompare.co.uk) by closing them down as a preventative measure to customers being misled. One of the issues raised by the FSA were the concerns that customers thought they were receiving actual quotations rather than illustrative ones.The FSA … Read More
Third Runway – Here We Go Again
Titan Construction Insurance believes that the Government has to make a final decision regarding a third runway, or adopt the idea of a new runway in the Thames Estuary, and end a period of indecision. Titan believes that the latest reports that the Government is about to make a U-Turn over its early decision not … Read More
Budget Farce Over Pasties
Titan Business Insurance laments the fact that 2012 has turned into more farcical territory, rather than a serious debate for recovery and future growth. Titan Business Insurance believes that the Pasty grabbing headlines are all well and good, but it could prevent cool and hard commentary on whether this latest budget is the platform that … Read More
Listen to Mr T
Titan Warehouse Insurance was reminded of the risks associated with operating a warehouse when recently watching a satellite television channel programme. Called ‘I Pity The Fool’, it’s a programme presented by Mr T, a former actor from the cult television series the A-Team (he played Bosco Albert “B.A.” Baracus). It’s an American reality television series … Read More
National Loan Guarantee Scheme Not Enough
Titan Business Insurance welcomes the Government’s initiative to help SMEs, but worries that the scheme will not go far enough to make a meaningful difference to the hardship being currently experienced by many companies. Titan Business Insurance notes that the new scheme is open to companies with a turnover of up to £50 million turnover … Read More
Still Struggling
Titan Construction Insurance believes that the sector is still not being supported by the Government when it comes to creating projects to help companies and skilled staff weather the extremely tough economic conditions. Titan Construction Insurance sees little hope in massive infrastructure projects on the table at the moment, given that they take so long … Read More
One in Three Don’t Think Coalition is Business Friendly
Titan Business Insurance is concerned that a recent survey shows that one in three of the UK’s largest companies believe that the Government, formed from the Tory and Liberal parties into a Coalition, is not business friendly. What’s more says Titan Business Insurance, only 13% of companies say that the Coalition is favourable to business. … Read More