European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi has said risks to the eurozone economy have increased.   Earlier, official figures confirmed that the eurozone recorded zero growth in the first three months of the year.   The ECB also released its latest quarterly economic forecasts of growth and inflation. Its growth...

UK government must continue with overall spending cuts to reduce the fiscal deficit, but balance this with increased investment spending, the European Commission has said.  The commission said such extra investment – particularly on infrastructure projects – was required to stimulate the UK economy. Regarding the overall growth of...

Following last weeks publication of ‘The Growth Factory’, a report exploring ways to rebalance the economy and backed by some high profile MPs, Anna Marie Detert, director in KPMG’s People and Change advisory team, comments: “With the economy shrinking more than was first thought in the first quarter of...