Chris Williamson
Chris Williamson
cooling demand evidence export global hitting oil suspect
Primarily, we suspect this is an oil price-induced global downturn that is hitting export growth. Secondly, there has been some evidence of demand cooling in China.
lines run speeds taking trust
At the speeds we're going we have to trust each other. I have to trust the lines he's taking me on. He's got to trust that if he has any problems, I'm not going to run into him.
promising quite unusual
This is quite unusual and it's a very promising result.
dependent euro exports hold key moment
Things are very much dependent on exports at the moment and the euro may hold the key to Italy's performance.
cautious clearly companies compared course entering expected growth led marketing mood originally recent sales slower spend year
Slower than expected sales growth over the course of the year led to a trimming of marketing spend compared to that originally budgeted for the year. Companies are clearly entering 2006 in a more cautious mood than in recent years.
bear becoming cost extra keen staff
(This) suggests a sustainable upturn with firms becoming increasingly keen to take on more staff and bear the extra cost burden.