Wetherly and Otter: The Business Environment 
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www.bbc.co.uk
The BBC website is a good source of information both in written archives and in terms of its ‘listen again’ archives. The best programmes to listen again to are the In Business and Analysis series which always contain views about the future. In 2007 the annual ‘Reith’ lectures were given by Jeffrey Sachs, an economist and business strategist on the subject of the future of the business environment.
www.unctad.org
www.worldbank.org - See in particular the annual World Economic Outlook that can be downloaded from this site.
www.bankofengland.org
www.hm-treasury.gov.uk
All these sites contain annual reports profiling the economic and business environment and giving predictions as to the future:
www.forumforthefuture.org.uk
This site profiles and champions the case for sustainable development.
www.technologyreview.com
This site is run by MIT in the USA, one of the leading technology universities in the world.
www.foresight.gov.uk
This is the UK government’s science and technology programme to research into the future.
For local business information look up the web addresses of your local Chambers of Commerce or Regional Development Agency if operating in your area.
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