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  • West of England Quarterly Reports & SurveyThrough the West of England LEP website you'll now find the Executive Summary to the West of England LEP Quarterly Economic Bulletin and the Barriers to Growth Survey Report. These documents are available to download from the LEP website at http://www.westofenglandlep.co.uk/about-us/economic-intelligence/reports-and-surveys 02 May 2013
  • Business West's Quarterly Economic SurveyAccess the latest Quarterly Economic Survey results for the South West, compiled by Business West. The Business West quarterly survey provides a regular assessment on the economic situation of local business and is a valuable source of intelligence for businesses, politicians and policy makers. On a national level, results from the survey feed into the British Chambers quarterly survey, recognised as the largest and most representative independent business survey. There were 537 responses to this quarter's survey - an increase of over 200 from the last survey. 24 April 2013
  • PMI Report highlights decline in business activity for second successive monthBusiness activity in the South West private sector declined for the second successive month in March. However, the rate of reduction was fractional. New business also fell for the second month in a row, and at a modest pace. Backlogs of work declined solidly, while staff numbers fell only marginally. Output charges were raised at the strongest rate in 18 months. For more download the latest Markit / Lloyds TSB PMI Report for the South West. 15 April 2013
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  • Apple's Tim Cook defends tax claim
    Apple boss Tim Cook defends its tax strategy at a Senate hearing, after the tech giant is accused of being among America's largest tax avoiders. 21 May 2013
  • HMRC to miss tax credit fraud target
    The UK tax authority's failure to hit a target of reducing tax credit fraud and error has "cost the taxpayer dear", a committee of MPs says. 22 May 2013
  • Record closing high for US shares
    Shares on Wall Street picked up on Tuesday to a new all-time high as investors bet that the US central bank would continue supporting the economy. 21 May 2013
  • Marks and Spencer sees profits fall
    Marks and Spencer reports a big fall in annual profits, as troubles in its clothing division continue. 21 May 2013
  • JP Morgan boss wins shareholder vote
    JP Morgan chairman and chief executive Jamie Dimon will keep both jobs after shareholders voted in his favour. 21 May 2013
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  • House Price Index, March 2013
    The Office for National Statistics (ONS) House Price Index, previously published by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) is a monthly release that publishes figures for mix-adjusted average house prices and house price indices for the UK and its component countries and regions. All tables transferred from the DCLG to ONS can be accessed via the reference tables that are available in the data section of this release. 21 May 2013
  • Producer Price Inflation, April 2013
    A comprehensive selection of data on input and output index series. Contains producer price indices of materials and fuels purchased and output of manufacturing industry by broad sector. 21 May 2013
  • Consumer Price Inflation, April 2013
    Monthly CPI and RPI inflation indicators 21 May 2013
  • 2011 Census latest findings
    Today the Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes new findings from the 2011 Census, which expand on previously published statistics. These give users the opportunity to glean richer, more 'three-dimensional' insights into detailed characteristics of the population. The tables provide details down to local authority and regional level in England and Wales. They offer more informative characteristics relating to: unpaid care, health, migration, ethnic group, national identity, religion... 16 May 2013
  • Detailed Characteristics for England and Wales, March 2011
    This bulletin, 2011 Census Detailed Characteristics for England and Wales, supplements the release of the Key Statistics in December 2012 and Quick Statistics in January 2013. It presents findings for England and Wales drawn from the first release of detailed Characteristics tables that provide cross tabulations of two or more topics from the census. The 2011 Census statistics covered are unique because the census is the only information source that measures these characteristics together... 16 May 2013
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  • ARM lags as FTSE hits highest since 1999
    A bullish message from Arm management at an investor day fails to keep the stock at a record high while gold miners' rebound helps London index rise 0.7% 21 May 2013
  • Earnings in focus at FTSE's 12-year peak
    UK inflation data are expected to do little to discourage the Bank of England to do more to boost the economy as Carnival issues profit warning 21 May 2013
  • US money market funds warm to eurozone
    Exposure to Europe's banks was 14 per cent higher as Italy's recent political difficulties and Europe's mishandling of Cyprus crisis is shrugged off 21 May 2013
  • Rights issue plan derails FirstGroup
    Some income funds offloaded shares because of the axing of the final dividend, while other investors sold because of the size of the rights issue 20 May 2013
  • FTSE 100 hits highest in 12 years
    The FTSE 100 rose 0.5% or 32.57 points at 6,755.63, its highest level since September 2000, with utilities underpinning the advance 20 May 2013
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