SMEs ‘turn to crowdfunding to fuel growth out of the pandemic’
SMEs ARE more likely to choose non-traditional ways of accessing capital, including crowdfunding (32 percent) or offering investment opportunities to employees (30 percent), than...
Holdun Family Office finds serenity and growth amid pandemic chaos —...
Holdun’s uncorrelated Alternative Investment Funds provide shelter from the oscillations of the volatile equity market. MICHAEL O’CONNOR reports.
THE FIRST half of 2020 has been...
Slackers! Back to work! And switch off that Netflix series!
EIGHT out of 10 Brits are working from home, but it has come to light that not all of them have their noses to...
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...
Quarter of BA jobs going: 12,000 staff members face the axe
BRITISH Airways says it will be forced to make up to 12,000 staff redundant because of the global collapse of air travel.
CEO Alex Cruz...
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...
Is your business metaverse-ready..?
By PETER GOULD
The long awaited New Normal brings with it challenges and changes that are having immediate and profound effects on business.
Many industries were...
SDG10: Finding equality in an unequal world is never easy
The UN’s sustainable development goal SDG10 — to reduce inequality within and among countries — is a particular challenge, as BV’s JASON AGNEW reports
SDG10:...
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...
The birth of the travel subscription model
By DANA DUNNE
THE SIGNIFICANT increase in subscription spending during the pandemic has caught the attention of businesses across the globe. In fact, according to...
