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Category: Economy

“Irish Lines are Smiling” – Ambitious All-Island Rail Review Could Transform both Passenger Travel and Freight Movements.

29 March 2025
Economy, Energy Saving, Environment, Public Transport, Rail

“Irish Lines are Smiling” – Ambitious All-Island Rail Review Could Transform both Passenger Travel and Freight Movements.
A €37 billion joint […]

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USA does NOT “Subsidise” Canada!

4 March 2025
Economy, Trade

USA DOES NOT “SUBSIDISE” CANADA. This statement arises from a misunderstanding as to what a foreign trade imbalance represents.
Argus is […]

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In the US, Correctly Applied DEI Policies are Associated with Corporate Success.

6 January 2025
Economy, Politics

A paper in the Harvard Business Review last year showed an organisation’s main driver for DEI is to ensure that […]

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Direct Rail Services secures new deal with Tesco to expand its rail-based logistics.

1 October 2024
Economy, Energy Saving, Environment, Rail

Tesco have for a long time now been active in reducing their carbon footprint. As a major food retailer sourcing […]

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Some Thoughts on Britain’s Railways

10 November 2023
Economy, Politics, Public Transport, Rail

Some thoughts on Rail Services in the UK
1. To set the scene…
In France and Germany company law is framed in […]

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Forget the Scrap Yard offering folding money for your Old Car – Vehicle Recycling has now Moved Up a Gear.

30 October 2023
Economy, Environment, Recycling

For decades Scrap Yards have been a common edge-of-town feature where you could get rid of a problem and earn […]

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Down Memory Lane -Tory Opposition to Onshore Wind Farms Risks the Creation of British Jobs

30 August 2023
Economy, Environment, Planning, Sustainable Energy

Conservative opposition to onshore wind farms risks undermining the creation of British jobs, former Liberal Democrat Secretary of State for […]

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Life Expectancy Improvements are slowing down in UK and the USA – is this a new trend?

27 August 2023
Economy, Health, Planning

An article in the ‘New Scientist’ published in 2018 discussed the following unexpected statistical results.
It was based on data for […]

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Population, Migration and Housing Demand – a Confused Picture based on Estimates and Out of Date Data

23 August 2023
Economy, Planning

Do we really need so many houses in South East England? Or perhaps more? Or perhaps fewer?
Governments have at least […]

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Leavers have no Sense of Proportion About the Size and Global Importance of the UK Economy

11 August 2023
Economy

Leavers were fond of telling us that we are the fifth largest economy in the world. Indeed, but did they […]

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