Economy
The economy has a direct influence on the UK jewellery trade, affecting consumer spending, material costs, and business confidence across the sector. For jewellers, manufacturers, and suppliers, staying informed on economic trends is vital to planning and resilience. Jewellery Focus provides expert coverage of economic developments impacting the trade, including inflation, interest rates, consumer confidence, and supply chain challenges. Our reporting helps jewellery professionals understand the wider market forces shaping their business environment.
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Feb- 2020 -28 FebruaryBusiness Bites
Coronavirus sends ripples through markets, governments, companies and the public
Apologies for the repetition, but the new coronavirus is causing such a serious global reaction today it would be silly to focus on other things, so here are four key stories about what looks to be developing into a full blown international crisis. The FTSE 100 has lost nearly ยฃ200…
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25 FebruaryEditor's Blog
Coronavirus will be felt
It is becoming increasingly clear that the new coronavirus, which causes the disease Covid-19, is going to have a significant impact on the global economy. The trouble creeps in with very large, complex and therefore fragile supply chains โ companies that work with products assembled in a string of different…
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14 FebruaryBusiness Bites
German stagnation, Javid out, RBS gets environmental, Norton no-show
The German economy has stagnated due to significant falls in spending and exports. New figures show that GDP โflat linedโ (financial jargon for neither growing nor contracting) in the final quarter of 2019, bad news since economists and analysts had hoped that it would grow about 0.1%. It means Germanyโs…
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12 FebruaryBusiness Bites
Parasite boosts Spanish crisp sales
Now thatโs the kind of headline journalists like to write. But unfortunately, now that youโre reading the article, the subterfuge must be exposed. Weโre not talking about parasites that look for hosts, and weโre not talking about infected food. Instead weโre talking about the Korean movie sensation that just won…
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11 FebruaryAnalysis
Yes, the trade barriers are coming
I think both Leavers and Remainers probably expected this in the long run โ Michael Gove announced yesterday that businesses should โacceptโ that frictionless trade with the EU will be impossible whatever agreement is finally reached by the deadline of 31 December this year. This is the cost, he says,…
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10 FebruaryAnalysis
Ocado ditches Waitrose; Bill gates orders ยฃ500m beast-yacht; Boris to lower immigration wage threshold
A busy start to the week in the business pages. As the coronavirus story unfolds I am reluctant to spend every day providing updates on it, but it is worth noting quickly that there is likely to be some worldwide economic turbulence due to the latest developments. A slew of…
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Jan- 2020 -17 JanuaryAnalysis
The trillion-dollar club has gained Google as a member
Remember at school when teachers used to explain how one million was an essentially incomprehensibly large number? I recall one of mine showing the number represented on a huge rolled out piece of paper as wide and long as a carpet, with precisely one million individual dots. I was about…
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15 JanuaryAnalysis
Boohoo more valuable than M&S โ a sea-change encapsulated
From a purely journalistic standpoint it is now a de facto clichรฉ to refer to Marks and Spencer as the โhigh street bellwetherโ, yet that is the status it has held for so many decades. The once mighty monolith was the first British retailer to reach a market capitalisation of…
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14 JanuaryBusiness Bites
Javid mulls three-year passenger duty holiday for Flybe
Things are not looking rosy for low-cost airline, Flybe, but the chancellor Sajid Javid may have some proposals that save it from complete collapse. It is reported this morning that he is considering cutting air passenger duty on all domestic flights โ a big boon for all the other airlines…
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13 JanuarySponsored
Make sure you donโt miss Vicenzaoro and T-Gold at the Vicenza Expo Centre
For Italian Exhibition Group (IEG), 2020 will open in Vicenza on 17th January under the banner of strategies and actions to promote the gold โ jewellery industry. In agenda, two exhibition giants: VOJ – Vicenzaoro January The Jewellery Boutique Show and T-GOLD, the international show for machinery and the most…
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