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the x-factors

FRIDAY 30 NOVEMBER
10:00 – 10:40

We live in a volatile world where global events, economic and political, can have profound affects on our own economy.

So what does the future hold?

One of Britain’s top economists, Douglas McWilliams, Chief Executive of the Centre for Economics and Business Research looks at the myriad factors likely to affect our lives and business over the next decade.
Doulgas was formerly IBM UK’s chief economist and chief economic adviser to the CBI, where he received the Sunday Times' Golden Guru award for Best UK Economic Forecaster.