AI to the rescue? Oxford-based firm enters partnership to crack COVID-19
AN AI-DRIVEN drug-discovery company in the UK has entered a joint initiative to advance compounds that could treat COVID-19.
Oxford-based Exscientia has teamed-up with Diamond...
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,...
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...
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...
L’Oreal sells Body Shop
L’Oreal never quite managed to get to grips with what it bought from Dame Anita Roddick in 2006, but was it all worth it?
WHEN...
Mo Ibrahim: Cleaning Up a Continent
Engineer, academic, expert, innovator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist: Mohammed Ibrahim is a rich and successful man who now applies his vast resources to fight corruption...
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...
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...
Get with the programme for real active business learning
BV’s HEATHER LEAH SMITH sits down, faces the front, takes out her exercise book and has a look at education trends
MONOTONOUS lectures and rote...
Chancellor’s Autumn Statement: What might it hold?
By ROB MORGAN
IT’S THAT time of the year again, when policy ideas swirl around the money columns like leaves in the Autumn breeze. How...





































