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...
Young investors battle to win Scots schools contest
Future Asset shortlists Scottish candidates for the next generation of female investors
SCHOOLGIRLS from across Scotland are battling for recognition as the country’s most...
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)...
Amazon Overflowing Into New Premises
As if Amazon’s current HQ wasn’t colossal enough, the internet-based retailer is in the market for a second mega-HQ big enough for 50,000 staff....
UK sows seeds for farming breakthroughs
INNOVATIVE agricultural projects are in line for £30m in UK government funding.
In a push for sustainable food production, a fund has been set up...
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...
Majid Al Futtaim making tracks across MENA
UAE billionaire announces a raft of fresh investments to revitalise dozens of projects in the region…
By Darren Parkin
WHEN the Majid Al Futtaim Group –...
Bright idea to combat flying foes
By HAL WILLIAMS
WAGENINGEN University in the Netherlands has found a hi-tech means of virus-prevention. And no, this has nothing to do with Covid.
The virus...
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...
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....
