Cathay Pacific losing altitude
Once held up as a benchmark of luxury long-haul air travel, the company’s determination not to jump on the low fair bandwagon looks like...
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...
Masks, dreams and the modern pursuit of wisdom
By MANFRED KETS DE VRIES
The day after becoming the CEO of a company facing turbulent times, David had a dream.
While walking on a beach...
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...
Drop-outs made good: Harvard is still the alma-mater to have
NEW research reveals that three drop-outs from Harvard University are now worth a combined $300bn plus.
Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz all dropped...
Daniel Hashim (Founder, Carbon Sponge Solutions): Small is beautiful
BOFFIN-turned-businessman Daniel Hashim is carving out a name for himself by getting nanotechnology out of the research laboratory and into the industrial marketplace.
Dr Hashim’s...
Shrimps, time bombs — and need for study of wartime economies
By William Roman
PICK a word starting with “C”… no, not coronavirus; not yet, anyway. The C here stands for crustaceans.
The humble shrimp, for instance....
Business voice has been heard – reaction to PM speech in...
The CBI has responded to the Prime Minister’s speech in Florence ahead of the next round of EU negotiations.
Carolyn Fairbairn, CBI Director-General, said:
“The Prime...
Workers hot and bothered by raging summer weather
GETTING hot under the collar? Not surprising, this summer — and maximum workplace temperatures are a hotly contested topic in Britain.
There are no clear...
MONARCH LATEST: Where did it all go wrong?
Private equity firm which owned the popular airline says the total cost of its collapse will take years to calculate as it stares into...
