World’s richest woman dies
Obituary: Liliane Bettencourt: 1922 - 2017
Controversy and questionable politics were never far away to divert attention from some remarkable skill at leading an industry...
AI summit hears of widespread fear surrounding tech
THOSE attending last week’s AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park witnessed the high level of fear surrounding the technology.
The event was touted as a...
Special Report: Changing The Message
Sex sells – that’s been the overriding message for businesses keen to advertise their services almost since commercial advertising was invented. But are consumers...
More than 100 firms sign letter to lead Brexit negotiators
More than 100 firms employing over one million people in the UK and elsewhere in the EU, have written to David Davis and Michel Barnier,...
Hello Blackberry Way! Canada’s Tech Giant Is Making A Comeback
For years the BlackBerry was the ultimate business mobile, but a decision to pull away from making phones as the business was left in...
Five major business wins to celebrate in West Midlands
A STRING of international companies moving to the West Midlands has put the region top of the UK’s overseas investment chart — for five...
The takeaway from UK govt’s chip order
THE UK government will spend £100m of taxpayer money to accelerate the production of computer chips.
The aim is to build a national AI resource...
Grit and gumption are key to ‘innovation nation’
‘Innovative’ is the word that binds together some of the UK’s greats, from James Dyson to George Bernard Shaw. JULIAN BIRKINSHAW, of the London Business School,...
SMEs hamstrung by Apprenticeship Levy limitations
AS THE UK celebrates National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) 2022, the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) urges levy-paying recruitment firms and SMEs to make...
Microbes making cleaner jet fuel a reality as history meets science
Innovators in the fields of fuel, steel and aviation reveal how a low-carbon aviation fuel made with steel process gases could revolutionise air travel....
