Delighted that Burnley FC Women will be playing at Turf Moor on Sunday. Sad it's taken so long to happen, but better late than never. See you there. #UTC

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📣 SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT: Kitty Ussher, Chief Economist at IoD, will be joining us at the North's leading conference on Education, Employment & Skills #NPEESS23. NPEESS23.eventbrite.co.uk 🎟️

Yesterday, when he was out taking the baby for a walk, a well-meaning stranger asked my husband if he was ‘giving Mum a rest’. So here’s a picture of me ‘resting’. Anyone else got a shot of what they get up to while their kind partner generously gives them ‘me-time’? #MamaRest

I enjoy Kitty Ussher showing that everyone can do maths 😊 My midlife maths challenge — I’m going back to school thetimes.co.uk/article/5f88d5…

📣#NPEESS23 PANEL ANNOUNCEMENT!📣 We'll be talking to henrimurison.bsky.social, Kitty Ussher, Tony Wilson, @ProfRoryDuncan and Dr. Deb Upadhyaya on solving the #productivity puzzle and powering up the North's economy. 🔋 Tickets: tinyurl.com/4jn8s36z 🎟️

No denying May's CPI data were awful, but producer price data provide reassurance that the worst is over. Core producer output prices fell 0.3% m/m in May, reducing the three-month-on-three-month annualised growth rate to just 0.8%. Core goods CPI inflation will fall sharply soon

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The only question now is not whether, but by how much, will Bank of England raise rates tomorrow. Pleased to have been quoted in today's Financial Times discussing this morning's disappointing inflation figures. ft.com/content/a33c3b…

Cathy Newman speaks to Giles Wilkes, a former economic adviser to Theresa May and Vince Cable; and Kitty Ussher, chief economist at the Institute of Directors. channel4.com/news/when-will…

Fascinating panel discussion on the state of the economy at the CIPR-sponsored Trade Association Forum #TAFBPEx. Kitty Ussher from the IoD explains “the crazy external environment” is keeping business leaders up at night but most still planing for growth.

Kitty Ussher “Skills shortages are consistently in the top 3 of economic concerns… Local leaders across public and private sectors have massive opportunities across high #productivity sectors if they can demonstrate to businesses that they have the #skills there.” #NPEESS23

With 1/3 business owners saying the skills shortage is a top challenge, regional leaders can attract biz if they work together to prove that gap can be closed….HERE. Kitty Ussher IoD #NPEESS23

Kitty Ussher Kitty Ussher Kitty also states we need to incentivise businesses to train up existing employees, that are already in work, to help plug skills shortages - and highlights that this is something Metro Mayors & CA’s could assist with

The prime minister's inflation target is now more in sight than it was just 24 hours ago linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

Top line analysis from the IoD's Kitty Ussher: "The main story today is that inflation is lower than expected, fueling a narrative that we are through the worst" bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

GDP data came in stronger than expected in Q2, but will we achieve the dream scenario of lower inflation while avoiding a recession? Some thoughts here linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

Today's Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows strong economic performance in June, but contains early indicators of possible difficulties ahead ➡️Read our Chief Economist Kitty Ussher's response here: iod.com/news/uk-econom…