Masayoshi Son: Great Business Visionary, or Deluded Dreamer?
He’s won, lost, then won a fortune again. Now he has amassed the gigantic ‘Vision Fund’ from which to spread investment around the world’s...
Universities team-up to launch investment fund
TWELVE leading UK universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, have joined forces to create an investment fund.
The 10-year, multi-million-pound Impact 12 fund will support social...
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...
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...
Brazil: Eternal Country of the Future
Can the South American giant emerge stronger from its latest crisis?
By Jason Agnew
“Brazil é o pais do futuro e sempre será.” It was a...
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,...
Innovative firms are more competitive and create more jobs
The ILO’s World Employment and Social Outlook 2017: Sustainable Enterprises and Jobs, released earlier this month shows innovative companies tend to be more productive, create...
King’s Business School co-ordinates study for embattled entrepreneurs
KING’S Business School in London is calling on entrepreneurs worldwide to participate in a study to help business owners survive the COVID-19 crisis.
With livelihoods...
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...
Rise and rise of the budget supermarket
Aldi looks to replicate its monumental success across Europe by opening hundreds of new stores across America, while its almost identical rival Lidl is...
