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,...
Boundary change plan revives controversy in Costa del Sol
Proposals to shift borders within Spain’s Marbella council area are raising land values – and eyebrows. BV’s man-on-the-ground JASON AGNEW has a sniff around.
MARBELLA,...
Bakkavor Looking To Serve Up Shares
Food supplier aims to fund international expansion by floating on stock market in a bid to raise £100m as it offers around 25% of...
Mind your language! Rude company names are out
A FREEDOM of information (FOI) request found that 56,640 business names were rejected by Companies House between January 2019 and April 2022.
Nearly half (25,400)...
G7 Meeting of Ministers of Labour and Employment focuses on the...
ILO head calls on global community to ensure "that the great transformations underway in the world of work are shaped to create the decent...
Coffee means buses, fire logs, insurance: our new cup of tea
The grounds from your morning cup of go, converted to biofuel, means we get two sips at the cappuccino. JASON AGNEW reports
THE announcement that...
Swede Electric Dreams
Is Volvo’s bid to become all-electric the shrewdest business move of the year, or a cynical ploy to capitalise on the world’s mounting affection...
Asia Pacific: Myanmar – The Many Virtues of Patience
Tears flowed as Htin Kyaw (70) was sworn in as the first president of Myanmar without ties to the military in over half a...
International students flock to US university to unlock potential – and...
MIT, with its reputation for academic rigor and innovation, attracts graduate students from around the world. It can be worthwhile, it can be fun,...
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...




































