What is Big Picture?

My IoD

Present leading-edge thinking;
Highlight key public policy issues affecting business;
Look over the horizon at strategic issues likely to have an impact on business in the future;
Provide an insight into public policy issues in an accessible format;
Suggest solutions to the ‘big picture’ questions facing business.

Well-regarded by IoD members and leading policymakers alike, each edition of Big Picture includes a range of topical articles on current and emerging business issues, available to download below. Previous editions of Big Picture are available here.

Articles

'This sucker is going down'

The euro-zone has three big gaps – a gaping hole in its original structure, a GDP-debt interest divide that looks like it could get worse not better, and a north-south competitive misalignment. Unless the ECB steps in with massive purchases of euro-zone public debt, the inexorable logic is that the eurozone will break up. The ECB needs to become a sovereign lender of the last resort, whereas at the moment this role is confined to banks. Graeme Leach examines the past, present and future of the euro crisis.

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Transport investment – what do business leaders think?

Corin Taylor sets out the findings of recent research into the priorities of IoD members for investment in the UK’s ageing transport infrastructure.

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Stick to your guns, Chancellor

Graeme Leach urges the Government not to change course on fiscal policy, but to continue with ‘Plan A’, despite mounting pressure on the Chancellor resulting from the weak UK economy.

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The worst of both worlds – why we need to reform childcare policy

Elizabeth Truss MP sets out reforms that would open up the childcare market, reduce bureaucracy and ensure better support for working parents.

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Energy policy for a less affluent age

Dan Lewis and Corin Taylor describe the high costs of the Government’s present energy policies and consider whether, in an age of austerity, more cost-effective alternatives would be both desirable and possible.

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