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Purchasing Managers Index Finds Wet Weather Hitting UK Construction Activity
March 2014 - Construction
According to the Markit construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), UK construction softened in February as disruption from the wettest winter on record took its toll. However, with a 10th consecutive month of increasing activity the survey index… Read more...
Annual Automotive Survey Finds Increased Optimism From CEOs
March 2014 - Automotive
According to the 17th Annual PwC CEO Survey, automotive CEOs are more optimistic this year, despite concerns about a wide range of threats. This year almost half (44%) of automotive CEOs believe the global economy will improve over the next twelve months… Read more...
Survey Finds Auto-Enrolment Employees Have More Confidence in Pensions
February 2014 - Financial Services
The latest findings published by the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF’s) Confidence Index – which measures the difference between the number of respondents who are confident and not confident in pensions compared to other forms of retirement… Read more...
Survey: 25 Per Cent Of Americans Believe The Government Should Assist Those Who Cannot Pay Their Mortgage
February 2014 - Housing
A recent survey of 610 U.S. adult homeowners shows a quarter (25%) believe the government should assist those who can’t make their mortgage payments. Just five percent of U.S. homeowners admit to missing or being late on a mortgage payment in the last… Read more...
Survey Finds Support for High Speed 2 Rail Network Lacking
February 2014 - Engineering
According to a poll commissioned by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), the vast majority (74%) of respondents said they would ‘never’ or ‘rarely’ use High Speed 2 (HS2), and three fifths (58%) said the money would be… Read more...
