Budget 2017: 5 things marketers should take away

The economy is growing faster than predicted
The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has raised its economic growth expectations for this year. It now forecasts that the UK economy will grow by 2% this year, up from the 1.4% increase previously predicted.
In 2018, growth will slow slightly to 1.6%, before rising again to 1.7% in 2019 and back at 2% in 2021. However those figures for 2019 and 2020 are downgrades from previous forecasts as the ONS casts doubt over growth after the