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Let’s make some world-class media: Media trends forecast 2011-20

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 | Posted by: Alex Connock
Categories: Media sector | Tags: business, Alex Connock, media, digital, UK, growth, video, online, trends, TV, forecast, television, RTS, apps, global economy, WPP Stream, formats

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What will make British media businesses world class in the next decade? It’s a big question but there is consensus on the answer. Pretend TV founder, Alex Connock, reports back from the Royal Television Society convention and WPP Stream and finds out what the world’s biggest media and internet players are thinking about – from dual screen and interactive TV to social video and BRIC markets…

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Optimism Index of 36 economies in 2010 (infographic)

Monday, March 01, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Economy, Infographic, Thought Leadership | Tags: recession, infographic, chart, recovery, forecast, International Business Report, privately held businesses, revenues, optimism, double-dip

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Can you guess which country is the most economically optimistic in the world right now? Would China be top of your list? Or perhaps India? If so, then you’d be wrong on both counts. Grant Thornton’s latest infographic reveals which economies are smiling, which are po-faced and which are downright unhappy about their projected revenues. Here’s how we put it together…

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Are we over the worst of the recession?

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Economy | Tags: business, recession, Alistair Darling, recovery, forecast, CBI, outlook, Mervyn King, Institute of Directors

In January business minister Baroness Vadera talked of ‘a few green shoots’ of recovery. This week chancellor Alistair Darling and Bank of England governor Mervyn King suggested a UK recovery as early as the end of 2009.

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