More than half of businesses in Leeds, York and North Yorkshire are under serious pressure to increase prices as a result of rising overheads, fuel and raw material costs according to research carried out by Leeds University Business School.

But, aware of the potential impact on their competitiveness, rather than passing price rises on to customers they are working hard to find new ways of reducing overall costs and reduce…

Recession, according to economist Dennis Turner, is the time when even those people who had no intention of paying you stop buying. The most recent recession may be over and, while those who still have no intention of paying may be placing orders again, the more serious issue the economy faces is how we are going to pay our way as a country.

According to Turner, chief economist…

Posted by guest blogger, David Raistrick, UK manufacturing industry leader for Deloitte, based in Leeds