Friday April 17th, 2026
Friday April 17th, 2026

Analysis

Clean Air Zone in cities image

Clean air zones: The future of clean air in the heart of our cities

December/January 2022
Cities with Clean Air Zones: Bath has a Class C Clean Air Zone. Birmingham has a Class D Clean Air Zone. Portsmouth has a Class
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Manchester Skyline

Resilience: from setback to comeback

October/November/December 2020
Phil Jones MBE, managing director at business technology solutions provider, Brother UK, looks at the current issues for businesses with returning restrictions due to Covid-19.
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Shaun Hinds

Manchester hospitality looks to a positive future

October/November/December 2020
The recovery of the hospitality sector is a collaborative effort I don’t need to tell anyone about the difficulties facing the events and hospitality sector.
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Greater Manchester

We must adapt, not optimise

July/August/September 2020
Phil Jones MBE, managing director of business technology solutions provider, Brother UK. On many occasions in my career, I’ve heard business leaders say that the
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Stocks On Screen

V for Victory and the shape of the recovery

July/August/September 2020
Analysis from Dr John Ashcroft on the global social and economic impact of Covid-19 What shape will the recovery be in the UK..? It’s a
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Marie Boyer

The impact of Brexit

June/July 2019
Business at cross-channel and European freight forwarder France Line International Transport remains buoyant, despite the frustrating, ongoing uncertainty over Brexit – an uncertainty that is
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Edwina Currie - Business Connect Magazine Analysis Archives

Brexit – what happens next?

December/January 2019
The Brexit story is certainly picking up momentum. In our last edition we featured comments and views from Greater Manchester-based Economist Dr John Ashcroft. In
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Jo Purves, Andy Burnham, Justyne Turner, Paul Dennet And Professor David Spicer

Industry and business 4.0 are driving huge change

December/January 2019
Entire industries will cease to exist, as automation develops and machines become capable of doing many of the jobs we take for granted today. The
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John Ashcroft

No deal Brexit, will it create another recession?

October/November 2018
John Ashcroft, Economist and author of The Saturday Economist, weighs up the evidence. Britain faces a ‘devastating recession’, a plunging pound and soaring prices if
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