Blogs
Thought provoking and relevant, our blog has regular insight into all our sectors
Business Outlook 2019: Midlands & East Anglia regional focus
The amount of growth in the Midlands & Anglia remains an exciting topic throughout the region and across the sectors.
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Business Outlook 2019: North West regional focus
Manchester is on a growth spurt with a construction and infrastructure boom, covering a range of residential and commercial developments which offer huge growth potential for bricks and mortar businesses in the city and surrounding areas.
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Business Outlook 2019: South West & Wales regional focus
Christie & Co has launched its annual Business Outlook 2019 report, which reflects on the previous year and forecasts what the year ahead may bring for its sectors. In terms of the South West & Wales, how have the care, hospitality and retail sectors performed over the past year and what opportunities does the region present looking ahead into 2019?
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Business bites – five years of rapid change in the dental sector
This article was first published in Dentistry on 12 December 2018.
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Local economy boost and more opportunities
Having effective and strong infrastructure is key to the success of an economy in any region and since opening in 1996, the Severn Bridge has been a critical part of infrastructure in South Wales, having a profound impact on the economy at both a local and national level.
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International pupils in British independent schools – A global outlook
The prestige associated with British education continues to resonate across the globe and has long drawn international students to study in British independent education establishments. Due to their academic quality, steeped history and prestige, and because of the ‘Harry Potter’ effect, international pupils have been drawn to the UK and have had an important effect on independent schools in recent years.
Read MoreChristie & Co attends inaugural European Dental Forum
We attended the inaugural European Dental Forum last week. Held in Barcelona, it was predominantly a networking event between European dental groups and suppliers, although it was interesting that a number of UK ‘mid-sized’ dental companies attended.
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Cross party support for private partner childcare providers
Back in June we asked the question, “Has the Scottish nursery sector reached a crisis point?”, so what has happened since and what is the current landscape of the sector?
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Foster care and children's home provision needs support
Yesterday the Association of Directors of Children's Services released a report looking at the number of vulnerable children in need of protection, pushing children’s council services across England toward a reported crisis.
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Funding continues to challenge the care sector
The news announced yesterday regarding the future of Allied Healthcare is a blow to the sector and serves to highlight the very real issue the entire care sector faces in regards to local authority funding.
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