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David Bailey

David Bailey: George Osborne's solutions are part of the problem

Disappointing was how George Osborne summed up the recent GDP figures showing a 0.7 per cent decline in national output in the second quarter.Read

David Bailey: Seizing the 'onshore' opportunities

Offshoring has had a huge impact on British manufacturing over the last decade, with many UK-based manufacturing firms shifting sourcing to low-labour cost locations such as China. But in recent years this shift of activity overseas has cooled. Read

Budget 2012 - David Bailey's view: Osborne gambles on keeping the public together

Professor David Bailey, of Coventry University Business School, gives his views on the BudgetRead

David Bailey: Gloomy business forecasts for the UK

There’s been a clutch of forecasts out this week on the economy. One by BDO says we’re heading for double dip, another, by the CBI, says we’ll avoid it.Read

David Bailey: Autumn Statement an exercise in damage limitation

Professor David Bailey considers the hopes for growth in the aftermath of George Osborne’s Autumn Statement Read

David Bailey: Birmingham should be investing in its markets

Next time you tuck into your balti, burger, fish and chips or even your Michelin five-star gastronomic delight, pause for a moment and think about where that food came from.Read

David Bailey: Learn from the 1980s to make a success of zones

Enterprise zones didn’t work particularly well back in the 1980s. The zones were effectively expensive subsidies to persuade firms to move to particular places, and in many cases were short-lived and ineffective.Read

David Bailey: Industrial policy needs changing to get growing

There’s been some pretty mixed news on the state of UK manufacturing over the last week. Or at least that’s how it has been portrayed. Read

Business View: Osborne needs to wake up and smell the anger

After months of intense negotiations, Project Merlin was finally unveiled last week, with George Osborne arguing that we should stop bullying the bankers and move “from retribution to recovery”.Read

June Budget 2010 comment: Why odds of a double dip recession have reduced

Midland business expert Professor David Bailey gives his considered verdict on George Osborne’s emergency BudgetRead

A bumpy ride still to come for election winners

Professor David Bailey, of the Coventry University Business School, considers the pre-election Budget and some brave growth forecasts.Read

David Bailey: Kraft and Government assurances over Cadbury mean nothing

Prof David Bailey, one of the region’s foremost economists and Post blogger, looks at what the Kraft takeover could mean for the future of Cadbury.Read

David Bailey: Lessons must be learned over auto industry funding mess

Professor David Bailey casts his eye over the critical report into Government support for Britain’s car industry.Read

What does future hold for LDV?

LDV's dramatic administration-and-takeover starkly highlights both the intense challenges facing local manufacturers, and the genuine strengths of LDV in being an attractive target for hard-nosed venture capitalists.Read

Questions DTI must ask of Phoenix

It's no understatement to say that MG Rover's collapse has sent shock waves through the West Midlands economy.Read

Author Profile

David Bailey is a Professor and economist at the Birmingham Business School and has written extensively on car industry restructuring, regional development, industrial policy in a globalising economy, and EU regional policy. He appears regularly in the regional and national media, commenting on developments in the car industry and manufacturing.