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covid vaccine passport

Just call me ‘Mystic Mullins’ – vaccine passports ready in weeks as my crystal ball predicted

24 February 2021 Columns, Opinion Charlie Mullins 0 Comments

As I gazed into my crystal ball a few weeks ago it struck me that vaccine passports were the future.

Empty London street

Retreat into a second lockdown deflated Britain’s summer bounce

12 November 2020 Opinion Charlie Mullins 21 Comments

The latest GDP figures showing the country’s record recovery after the first lockdown highlight what a catastrophic decision it was to impose an unnecessary second shutdown.

Pimlico Plumbers

The UK economy is bleeding out as customers renovate their last gasp saloons, kitchens and bathrooms…

4 November 2020 Opinion Charlie Mullins 5 Comments

October 2020 was the biggest billing month for Pimlico in the 41-year history of the company with sales in excess of £4.6 million, and the phones are still ringing off the hook. So why am I not happy?

Rishi Sunak

As furlough ends employers have a duty to be honest with their workers

17 September 2020 Columns, Opinion Charlie Mullins 69 Comments

Rishi Sunak’s desperate pleading with company bosses not to lay off their furloughed employees once the scheme ends next month will cut no ice with those who must balance the books in the real world of business. 

Autumn Statement Philip Hammond

The ‘Autumn Statement Game’ – The Chancellor Puts Up Ladders After Economy Lands On A Snake Head!

24 November 201624 November 2016 Columns, Opinion Charlie Mullins 1 Comment

Listening to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement yesterday, I couldn’t help feeling a sense of Déjà vu, as he tried his best to make a very meagre amount of money look like it was going further than it could.

worker

Hard work of ‘real people’ fuelling economic growth

25 October 201325 October 2013 Opinion Charlie Mullins 0 Comments

At something like £383-odd billion, the economy has grown by at least 0.8% in the three months to the end of September, according to the latest GDP figures released today.

George Osborne

Two financial wrongs don’t make a right when our economy is on the line

8 August 20129 August 2012 Columns, Opinion Charlie Mullins 1 Comment

The Bank of England reckons the economy will be flat lining again with its growth forecast being cut to close to zero. It has fuelled debate for new measures to stimulate the economy, but what happened to all the cash that has already been thrown at the banks to get the country moving again?

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