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Retirement plans on hold in face of recession, survey finds

Other Sciences / Economics

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Almost one-third of small- and medium-sized business owners will need to put plans for their retirement on hold because of the downturn in the UK economy, an online survey by The University of Nottingham ...


Snapshot of a recession

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created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A revealing snapshot of the effect of the downturn in the UK economy on the small business sector has been uncovered by an online survey produced by The University of Nottingham Institute for Enterprise and ...





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Cutting greenhouse gases could grow the economy

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (10) | comments 1

Over £14 ($23) billion more in products and services could be produced in Northern Ireland's economy each year if greenhouse gas producing resources were used as efficiently as they are in the rest of the UK, a research group ...


UK economy is hostage to oil, warns expert

UK economy is hostage to oil, warns expert

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created Jun 09, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The UK's economy cannot make a sustainable recovery until it breaks free of its dependence on oil, an expert at the University of Liverpool is warning.


Mars mission could ease Earth's energy supply crisis

Technology / Energy

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (19) | comments 12

Techniques and instrumentation initially developed for ExoMars - Europe’s next robotic mission to Mars in 2016 - but now due to fly on a NASA mission in 2018, could also provide the answers to the globally pressing issue ...


Exports may not rescue UK economy

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created Oct 14, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hopes that the plunging pound may boost UK exports have been questioned by new research into currency movements.


Exports may not rescue UK economy: study

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created Sep 30, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Hopes that the plunging pound may boost UK exports have been questioned by new research into currency movements.


Stats fail to reflect investments in knowledge economy

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created Dec 07, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The way productivity performance is calculated in official statistics may be selling UK businesses seriously short, according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).


Study says West Midlands bearing brunt of recession and will take longest to recover

Study says West Midlands bearing brunt of recession and will take longest to recover

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created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research by the University of Warwick Institute for Employment Research shows that says West  Midlands is bearing brunt of recession in the UK and is the region that will take longest to recover.


US online ad revenue down 5.4 pct in third quarter

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created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Online advertising revenue in the U.S. fell 5.4 percent in the third quarter from a year ago, as the sputtering economy kept its tight grip on even the fastest growing segment of industry, according to a report released ...


British Climate Act 'failed before it started'

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

The British Climate Act is flawed and comprised of unrealistic and unobtainable targets, writes US academic Roger A Pielke Jr, in a journal paper published in IOP Publishing's Environmental Research Letters.


The Antarctic Canary -- the human impact on climate change

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created Sep 04, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 0

As the UK attempts to move towards a low carbon economy, leading scientists and a world expert on sustainable energy in buildings this week discuss the evidence for climate change and possible solutions. A public seminar ...



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