Digby Marritt Jones, Baron Jones of Birminghamis a British businessman and politician, who has served as Director General of the CBIand Minister of State for Trade and Investment... (wikipedia)
The real answer is to allow access to the EU for goods produced in China and for EU producers to adapt to the challenge.
I have been more constructively critical of this Government than my predecessors.
People are saying to me that what they don't want to do is put people who cannot afford this into a position where they are harming their own families.
There has been much legitimate talk about the competitive threat posed to the developed world by the soaring growth of industries in China and India. Of course they are a challenge, but they also represent a huge opportunity.
This was the decisive move that business wanted to give our economy a much-needed shot in the arm.
We want certainty, we want to know where to invest. We want to know where the pitch is where the goalposts are. Private companies will come and will operate them.
At the end of the day I don't give in to ultimatums.
That's not a great message to send to your most loyal international business partner and best friend in an uncertain world.
(This) is a sensible response to employer concerns that the minimum wage is starting to have a damaging impact on competitiveness.
This cut will be a catalyst for growth and will provide an essential boost to consumer and business confidence. The bank will want to keep a watchful eye on the economy as a further cut might be necessary later in the year.
It is time the public sector unions stopped holding the government and the taxpayer to ransom, and got real on pensions.
I want to take them down a dark alley
Industry sees the possibility of blackouts by 2012 as a 'major concern'. We cannot allow such levels of uncertainty to persist.
How can it be fair for a cleaner working in the private sector to subsidize, through their council tax, a more comfortable retirement for someone doing the same job in the public sector?
ideologies of Old Europe have condemned hundreds of millions of people to the economic slow track while the United States has accelerated into the distance, with India and China coming up on the rails.