Attached is an economic report written by Roger Martin-Fagg & distributed in association with Sourcing City. Roger explains his assessment of the recent budget, questions how UK productivity is measured, gives a forecast on Greece, the USA & China, explain why we have five good growth years ahead, and more…

It is not often that a new service is announced several months before its arrival, however, Sourcing City launched Dynamic Highway at the Purple Club Industry Summit on Wednesday. Dynamic Highway is being developed to elevate the distribution and collection of data across the industry to a completely new level.

Sourcing City have published the Promotional Merchandise Market Report to end of June 2015. The first half of 2015 has again seen a steady continued growth as the UK economy recovers from the banking crisis of 2008.

The Purple Club Summit took place at Wyck Hill House Hotel in The Cotswolds on Wednesday 22nd July 2015. The Discussion Topics were submitted from the 40+ Purple Club Members who registered prior to attending.

Sarah Penn & Andy Thorne of Outstanding Branding were part of the UK delegation joining Sourcing City at the ASI Show in Chicago. Sarah insightfully and amusingly observed: “I’d never been to the States before. I’d never set foot in the Land of Opportunity. But as opportunity, in the shape of global partnerships, was what I was looking for, off I went.

The ASI Show took place in Chicago from 14th to 16th July. The scale of this event is unlike anything seen in the UK, with more than 4,000 distributors and over 700 suppliers coming together from across the country. Sourcing City had invited Purple Club Members to accept an preferential package to join them in visiting this prestigious event.