UK Budget 2021 On Wednesday, the 3rd of March, the Chancellor of the Exchequer will publish the UK Budget for 2021 which will come alongside the most current forecasts from the OBR. The upcoming budget is facing the challenge of cutting back from the around £400bn deficit this year whilst facing pressures to increase public funding and limit tax rises. The Budgets are typically relatively predictable but often feature a few ...
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The development of digital air traffic control solutions is transforming the aviation sector and SAAB, the Swedish defence giant and Patron of the BSCC, has been at the forefront of this technology. Örnsköldsvik Airport was the first airport in the world to operate with a remote air traffic control system but this Swedish export has now been successfully implemented at Cranfield Airport, London City Airport and is now planned for ...
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Vaccine Roll-out and Lockdown End Date Total confirmed COVID cases stand at over 4,126,100 and around 120,000 have now died. However, daily figures are almost halving each fortnight with just 9,834 confirmed cases yesterday which marks a sharp decline from the peaks of almost 70,000 during January. Also, the number of people in the UK to have received a vaccination so far currently stands at over 17.6m and represents a third ...
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Global Goes Local, a BSCC member since last year, acts as one point of contact for Swedish companies employing international talents that need a working permit as well as for foreign companies wanting to establish a business and incorporate a company in Sweden. Global Goes Local is certified by the Swedish Migration Agency and has access to the fast track for processing work permit applications in Sweden. With the assistance ...
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The UK Ministry of Defence’s ‘Defence Equipment & Support’ (DE&S) organisation exists to progress extensive projects for purchasing and supporting equipment/services for the operation of Europe’s largest military budget. Turner & Townsend, members of the BSCC, are to lead two delivery partnerships with DE&S to support the Ministry of Defence in its plans. This represents part of the planned £186bn investment, before 2028, which will create jobs and help sustain the ...
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Vaccine Roll-out and Lockdown End Date On the 11th of January the UK’s Health Secretary, Hancock, stated that the country was “on track” to vaccinate 15m people by the 15th of February. On Sunday this target was beaten after 10 weeks since vaccinations first began with PM Johnson declaring this “a significant milestone in the United Kingdom’s national vaccination programme”. The figure represents around 19% of the national population and is ...
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UK-EU Exports In 2019, the UK exported £294bn (43% of all exports) to the EU and imported an even larger £374bn (52% of all imports) back from the EU. This represents a £79bn trade deficit with the bloc but does feature a surplus of £18bn in services. However, the UK had a trade surplus of £49bn to non-EU countries with a strong £83bn surplus for the services sector which is set ...
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During what has been a challenging year, one of our BSCC Patrons, Handelsbanken have achieved steady year-on-year growth with operating profits of SEK 20,135m. This came alongside the positive news that individual customer satisfaction was now at 81% for 2020 too. The company have said they are now looking to work on “enhancing our relationship banking service through our digital capabilities, placing expertise and support even closer to our branches”. The ...
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Europe’s competitive league table for the largest PR advisory firms was released last week and revealed that the Brunswick Group, a BSCC Patron member, had now risen to first place by value of deals to a total of $237,106m worth. This represents a 52.6% growth YoY and was one of Europe’s fastest growing businesses in the industry. The group signed 128 deals over the year, again the highest in the ...
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UK COVID Updates Across the UK there have now been over 3.8 million COVID cases and deaths are now well beyond 100,000. The 100 year old national hero from the pandemic, Captain Sir Tom Moore, has also now been admitted to hospital and even PM Johnson has personally called him to wish a speedy recovery. However, the new COVID case rate continues to plummet and the UK is now at it’s ...
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