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
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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
Vince Cables’ Remarks Reveal Tension
Titan Business Insurance believes that the Business Secretary’s remarks in a recent leaked letter about the Government’s attitude to business reveals a growing tension within the Coalition which is not good for UK commerce and industry. Vince Cable is alleged to have said, in a leaked letter, that the Government, of which he is a … Read More
Bank Results Worry SMEs
Titan Business Insurance reports that the poor results being reported by the banks are worrying many SMEs who are struggling to survive in very difficult times. Titan Business Insurance says that the recent results by the Royal Bank of Scotland, which showed a loss of £2 billion compared with £1 billion, is particularly worrying for … Read More
Airbus A380 Highlights Manufacturer’s Responsibilities
Titan Manufacturer Insurance highlights the case of Airbus maker having to carry out checks on the wings of its superjumbo aircraft the A380 as evidence of a manufacturer’s continuing commitment to its products long after it has left the factory Titan says that the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has ordered Airbus to carry out … Read More
Big Ideas Are Just That, Big Ideas
Titan Construction Insurance is concerned that talk of big ideas which would boost the construction sector are all talk and no walk. Two of the biggest infra-structure projects on the cards look, realistically, unlikely to happen for at least ten years, which would be too late to help companies in this particular phase of the … Read More
Slowdown Austerity Measures
Titan Business Insurance calls for a slowdown in UK austerity measures as official figures that the UK economy shrank by 0.2% in the last quarter of 2011; 0.1% worse than many forecasters had predicted. This meant that growth in gross domestic product throughout last year was only 0.9%. Titan is concerned about the ferocity of … Read More
Government Needs to Boost Participation Levels
Titan Sports Club Insurance thinks that recent reports that the forthcoming Olympics is having no effect on sports participation is misplaced and argues that the full effect will not be felt until the games are underway and indeed, over. Titan believes that it’s only when the games are actually taking place, when the true inspiration … Read More
Outlook for 2012
Titan Business Insurance looks forward to 2012 with the view that future prospects will be pinned firmly to a resolution of the eurozone crisis and world economic growth. Titan believes that businesses large and small will have to worry about the situation in Europe and hope that the respective leaders will be able to not … Read More
Clubs Could Struggle in 2012
Titan Sports Club Insurance worries that many sports clubs and organisations will find the going tough in 2012 as the economy tightens people’s purse springs even further. Titan reports that sport has held up comparatively well since the start of the crisis since 2008, but is concerned that as disposable income gets squeezed even further, … Read More