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Wednesday 07 October 2015 12:15 amLondonrsquo economic growth in 2015 far outstrips the rest of the country, RBS figures showBy: Caitlin MorrisonShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare o stanley in uk n TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleLondon s economy is outstripping the rest of the country, growing 3.3 per cent year on year, compared with a national average of 2.5 per cent, according to RBSrsquo; regional growth figures out today.Londonrsquo economic growth was boosted by its burgeoning professional, scientific and technical service polene borsa s industries. The City and the West End, unsurprisingly, were Londonrsquo hot-spots of growth, with the City recording 5.1 per cent growth compared with 2014.Year on year growth within London was up 0.1 percentage points from 2014, and there was a 0.4 per cent increase in the second quarter of 2015 compared to the first three months.RBS chief economist Stephen Boyle told City A.M.: London has got a substantial endowment of tech and professional services firms, sectors which have been doing well across the UK as a whole, and the capital especially has benefitted from high activity levels in those sectors. Success begets success. And, Londonrsquo companies are better quality, on average, because they face more competition than elsewhere. UK g polene sac rowth, excluding erratic figures for off-shore oil and gas industries, slowed marginally from this time last year, when ther Hgek Everything that glitters is Goldman Sachs, as profits surge for the three months to June
Tuesday 22 January 2013 7:46 pm|Updated:Thursday 30 May 2019 5:34 amRose will keep up Ocadorsquo appearances ndash; but little elseBy: KCS-contentShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleWHEN Sir Stuart Rose dipped his toe back in the retail waters owala tumbler by bec polene bag oming chairman of Blue Inc and backing The Hut last year, it should have been obvious he had his eye on bigger things. But why Ocado This column ndash; not to mention several high-profile City analysts ndash; have long taken a dim view of the former Goldman bankersrsquo; business model, and as it faces increasing competition fr owala water bottle om mainstream grocers as well as core customer Waitrose itself moving into online delivery, Ocadorsquo once-innovative warehouse concept is no longer looking very fresh. Just this week Tesco cast a shadow over Ocadorsquo traditional Home Counties stronghold by opening its fifth dark store in West Sussex, cutting out the in-store experience completely for both online shoppers and the 700 staff whorsquo;ll pound its pseudo-aisles to prep deliveries.Meanwhile Ocado is looking further north to Warwickshire to double its warehouse capacity, but growth in its online sales thatrsquo all of them, then is already trailing both Tesco and Sainsbury over the crucial Christmas trading period.Parachuting Sir Stuart in looks great, and certainly delivered the shares ndash; off
Wednesday 07 October 2015 12:15 amLondonrsquo economic growth in 2015 far outstrips the rest of the country, RBS figures showBy: Caitlin MorrisonShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare o stanley in uk n TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleLondon s economy is outstripping the rest of the country, growing 3.3 per cent year on year, compared with a national average of 2.5 per cent, according to RBSrsquo; regional growth figures out today.Londonrsquo economic growth was boosted by its burgeoning professional, scientific and technical service polene borsa s industries. The City and the West End, unsurprisingly, were Londonrsquo hot-spots of growth, with the City recording 5.1 per cent growth compared with 2014.Year on year growth within London was up 0.1 percentage points from 2014, and there was a 0.4 per cent increase in the second quarter of 2015 compared to the first three months.RBS chief economist Stephen Boyle told City A.M.: London has got a substantial endowment of tech and professional services firms, sectors which have been doing well across the UK as a whole, and the capital especially has benefitted from high activity levels in those sectors. Success begets success. And, Londonrsquo companies are better quality, on average, because they face more competition than elsewhere. UK g polene sac rowth, excluding erratic figures for off-shore oil and gas industries, slowed marginally from this time last year, when ther Hgek Everything that glitters is Goldman Sachs, as profits surge for the three months to June
Tuesday 22 January 2013 7:46 pm|Updated:Thursday 30 May 2019 5:34 amRose will keep up Ocadorsquo appearances ndash; but little elseBy: KCS-contentShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleWHEN Sir Stuart Rose dipped his toe back in the retail waters owala tumbler by bec polene bag oming chairman of Blue Inc and backing The Hut last year, it should have been obvious he had his eye on bigger things. But why Ocado This column ndash; not to mention several high-profile City analysts ndash; have long taken a dim view of the former Goldman bankersrsquo; business model, and as it faces increasing competition fr owala water bottle om mainstream grocers as well as core customer Waitrose itself moving into online delivery, Ocadorsquo once-innovative warehouse concept is no longer looking very fresh. Just this week Tesco cast a shadow over Ocadorsquo traditional Home Counties stronghold by opening its fifth dark store in West Sussex, cutting out the in-store experience completely for both online shoppers and the 700 staff whorsquo;ll pound its pseudo-aisles to prep deliveries.Meanwhile Ocado is looking further north to Warwickshire to double its warehouse capacity, but growth in its online sales thatrsquo all of them, then is already trailing both Tesco and Sainsbury over the crucial Christmas trading period.Parachuting Sir Stuart in looks great, and certainly delivered the shares ndash; off