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Chart of the week: Inflation jump
  • 22 Nov 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Our chart this week looks at how the jump in annual inflation from 1.7% in September to 2.3% in October was driven by higher energy bills.
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Profit warnings rise as macroeconomic pressures continue
  • 17 May 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Contract cancellations and delays, higher costs and weaker consumer confidence lead to significant increase in companies warning about lower-than-forecasted profits.
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BoE’s bank rate battle plan
  • 16 May 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
The Bank of England’s Chief Economist lays out three key metrics for assessing when to shift the bank rate as it sets its sights on an inflation rate of 2% this year.
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Chart of the week: Cocoa
  • 02 May 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Our chart this week looks at the price of cocoa, which has been popping as shifting weather patterns have caused harvests in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire to collapse.
Retail and construction subdued amid weakened demand
  • 29 Jan 2024
  • ICAEW Insights
Marginal lift in business confidence countered by effects of high interest rates and cost-of-living crisis, finds ICAEW’s gauge of sentiment for Q4 2023.
The importance of value pricing
  • 06 Nov 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
It is important to charge prices that allow you sufficient time to do a good quality job, but what does that mean in practice and how can you go about it?
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Chart of the week: Consumer price inflation
  • 01 Jun 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
Our chart illustrates how ‘core inflation’, energy price rises, and food, alcohol and tobacco price inflation contributed to a lower than expected fall in the overall rate of inflation in April 2023.
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Chart of the week: Food prices
  • 11 May 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
An inflation rate of 10.1% in the year to March 2023 conceals a huge variation in individual price rises, as illustrated by this week’s chart on food prices.
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Chart of the week: Slowing inflation
  • 16 Feb 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
Our chart this week illustrates the slowing rate of inflation and how it should fall further once a big surge in prices between February and April 2022 falls out of the comparison.
Inflation’s underwhelming drop in January highlights continued challenge
  • 15 Feb 2023
  • ICAEW Insights
Official data reveals that UK inflation slowed for the third successive month in January as fuel prices continue to fall – but there is some way to go before prices are under control.
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Chart of the week: Consumer Price Inflation
  • 20 Oct 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Our chart this week looks at how the benchmark percentage used to determine the rise in the state pension and many welfare benefits from next April reached 10.1% in September 2022.
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Chart of the week: Gilt prices
  • 06 Oct 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Our chart this week looks at how the price of the 1½% UK Treasury Gilt 2047 has changed over a nine-week period, falling from £84.73 for a £100 gilt on 2 August to £51.88 on 27 September, before recovering to £60.65 on 4 October.
Higher food prices push UK inflation into double digits
  • 17 Aug 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Latest official estimates reveal that UK inflation rose to 10.1% in July, the highest rate since February 1982, and experts say it has yet to peak.
Banks and payments early winners of the crypto price crash
  • 03 Aug 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
As cryptocurrency prices plummet, watchdogs and central banks are seeking regulation to protect consumers from risk. But will this stifle innovation?
ICAEW: Middle East offsets inflation with rising oil prices
  • 28 Jul 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Middle East GDP growth in 2022 is projected at 5.2%, an increase of one percentage point on Oxford Economics’ forecast in the first quarter, following inflated oil prices
OECD: the heavy global price of Russia’s war against Ukraine
  • 20 Jun 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine immediately slowed the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and set the global economy on a course of lower growth and rising inflation.
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Chart of the week: Fuel prices
  • 05 May 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Our chart this week gives a breakdown of what makes up the cost of petrol and diesel, which continue to soar in price despite the temporary cut in fuel duty.
Ukraine crisis: the supply chain impacts
  • 25 Mar 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
The conflict in Ukraine has created a number of challenges for manufacturers, from rising prices and availability of raw materials to keeping abreast of the latest sanctions.
Chart of the week: Consumer Prices Index
  • 18 Nov 2021
  • ICAEW Insights
Our chart this week looks at how price rises have accelerated over the last few months, with consumer price inflation reaching 4.2% in October, the highest it has been for a decade.
Rising costs force UK businesses to ponder price increases
  • 02 Jul 2021
  • ICAEW Insights
The aftermath of Brexit and COVID has resulted in a huge rise in costs for business – with 70% of companies facing cost-hikes looking to pass them on to their customers over the coming year. At the same time, supply issues and cost pressures risk hampering a surge in customer demand for products.
Exclusive Make value your priority
  • 09 Oct 2015
  • Andreas Hinterhuber
Pricing in business models and the importance of customer perceived value in innovations were on last month’s agenda. This time Andreas Hinterhuber takes these ideas further and considers how a shift to value-based pricing can provide the winning edge.
Exclusive Positioning and pricing
  • 08 Sep 2015
  • Andreas Hinterhuber
A simplistic approach to setting prices is a common strategic mistake. Pricing consultant Andreas Hinterhuber explores the ways a business can be sure when the price is right.
Exclusive How to get your pricing strategy right and increase business profitability
  • 08 Apr 2015
  • Andreas Hinterhuber
Value has to be the primary driver in setting a pricing strategy. Andreas Hinterhuber’s extensive research shows that business efforts to increase prices result in higher profitability than those to reduce costs. In this article he explains the key components for increased business profitability.
Exclusive Value-based pricing
  • 07 May 2014
  • Andreas Hinterhuber | Evandro Pollono
Value has to be the primary driver in setting a pricing strategy. This can then deliver both higher profits and improved customer satisfaction, say Andreas Hinterhuber and Evandro Pollono
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