Many top management reward packages have become so complex that they no longer motivate the executives they are aimed at. That’s the key finding from new research conducted by PwC in conjunction with the London School of Economics and Political Science. The research found that many of the features of...
61% of entrepreneurs believe negative attitudes to failure hold UK entrepreneurship back 60% think US investors are more ready and willing to embrace risk than their UK counterparts Research by PwC into the Venture Capitalist (VC) funding environment for the UK technology industry has sought to dispel some myths and...
Someone born today is unlikely to receive their state pension until they reach 77, according to new projections from business advisors, PwC And as their working life gets longer, so too will that of their children, who will probably still be working into their mid 80s. It’s planned that the...
The recent Queen's Speech highlights plans to overhaul the state pensions system. So, when can today's children expect to retire? Someone born today is unlikely to receive their state pension until they reach 77 and their children will be working into their mid 80s. The Queen’s Speech outlined plans that...
Welcome to the latest of our NI Futures series, in which we examine a range of public policy issues that are central to Northern Ireland’s (NI) future prosperity and wellbeing. It is clear that in a difficult labour market, young people are finding it more challenging than ever to gain...
The bottom line for Northern Ireland was that George Osborne's Budget Statement saw the Executive emerge some £14.3m better off. View the UK tax datacard and the complete Northern Ireland analysis here: Download Ni_budget_analysis_march2012
The most likely scenarios for 2012 is for a modest and very weak recovery, reflecting the subdued state of the region's two main external markets - the rest of the UK and the Republic of Ireland (RoI). The impact of UK public spending reductions and further spending constraints in NI...
With the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement on 29 November confirming a substantial rise in Air Passenger Duty (APD) in 2012, what is the future for our leisure and business travel? Given the impact of APD on the competitiveness and growth prospects of the Northern Ireland economy, the APD debate is of...
Medium term prospects for both UK and NI are very subdued with UK GDP growth forecast to be only about 1% in both 2011 and 2012. NI’s growth is likely to be just over half the UK rate at around 0.6%. The extremely fragile economic recovery in NI reflects, in...
We ask if the Northern Ireland draft Budget 2011-2015 and associated Departmental spending plans add up or if, in the absence of a Programme for Government to inform the finance, this is a Budget that simply gets Ministers and their officials through the next four years? View Government Futures: Whatever...
