Student initiative aims to enhance training opportunities during crisis
A UK COMMUNITY initiative connecting furloughed workers with volunteer opportunities has launched a parallel initiative for students and graduates.
Studenteer is a sister project of...
Senior leaders call on UK business owners ‘not to fail young...
NEARLY one year on from the first lockdown, more than one in 10 young people have lost their jobs, with the number of 16...
A founder’s story, and some Pott’d history
Lockdown was indisputably dull, but as FRANKIE THOROGOOD recounts, the boredom led to an exciting business idea...
THE INSPIRATION for Pott’d came during a Groundhog...
BA chief ejected as airline navigates Covid turbulence
AILING British Airways has announced a decision to remove Alex Cruz from his position as chief executive.
His place will be taken by Aer Lingus...
Fresh EU coronavirus recovery package has detractors up north
EU HEADS have agreed to set up a €540bn post-pandemic recovery fund, tied to the EU’s seven-year budget.
European Council president Charles Michel, who chaired...
Bid to ease virus impacts on cash flow ‘flawed’ — CEO
THE UK government’s proposed Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CIBLS) is coming in for some criticism.
HM Treasury and the Bank of England last week...
Oil price hits negative territory, Virgin ailing, firms need wage aid
CORONAVIRUS infections are dropping in many countries, but corporate and financial impacts are increasingly being felt.
Virgin Australia is going into administration, the US oil...
Covid mink stole the future of the despised fur industry
by Hal Williams
THE EUROPEAN fur industry is reeling — to the dismay of fashion victims and the relief of animal rights supporters.
Denmark's mass culling...
Covid relief programme ‘looted by fraudsters’
UNITED States prosecutors are investigating “the largest fraud in US history” — billions of taxpayer dollars for coronavirus aid stolen and used to buy...
Fintech funding key to keeping SMEs strong after end of loans
ONE OF Europe’s largest business lenders says the fintech industry must be strengthened to support SMEs after the Bounce Back Loan scheme closes at...





































