Eighth InterEcoForum held in Spain with full UN backing
THE InterEcoForum's eighth annual event addressing the theme of Water For Sustainable Development, supported by the United Nations and its agencies, was held recently...
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...
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...
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...
Rising investment in UK climate tech development
INTERNATIONAL investment into UK climate tech companies risen from $4m in 2021 to $7.5bn this year — and the figure could rise to £20bn...
Spring Budget sets BV phones and email buzzing
Pundits and experts were quick off the mark to comment on Jeremy Hunt’s first offering...
By HAL WILLIAMS
BRITISH Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget has prompted...
Thames Estuary plan for green development and jobs in south-east UK
THE UK government is backing the Thames Estuary as Britain’s biggest growth opportunity.
With the claimed potential to create 1.5m jobs and add value of...
Too darned hot… how our inner thermostat affects behaviour
Could good air-conditioning be the key to better customer service?
IN THE summer of 2010, Moscow experienced its worst heat wave in centuries. Air-conditioning and...
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,...
VW Sticking to its Smoking Guns
Electric dreams are no threat to the diesel engine, according to the boss of Volkswagen. Has Matthias Mueller got a cunning long-term plan, or...





































