Corporate insolvencies as pandemic restrictions fade
By PATRICE CROSBOURNE
THE UK Government Insolvency Service has released statistics for corporate insolvencies in England and Wales for May 2022.
An increase in corporate insolvencies...
Selfless gesture: world’s super rich calling for higher taxation
SOME of the richest people on the planet want higher taxes on themselves and their peers to aid economic recovery from the Covid-19 crisis.
A...
Covid hits workplace relationships — and productivity takes a knock
COVID-19’S impact on employer-employee relationships is hampering productivity, a report claims.
MetLife UK found that 72 percent of employers and 62 percent of employees have...
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...
Embracing the ‘Mama Bear Moment’: Gender-equality is moving on apace
On International Women’s Day, TEODORA GAVRILUT looks at how things are changing – mostly for the better
AGAINST the backdrop of 2020’s challenges, there has...
Technology to the rescue in fight to halt spread of virus
BV features a report from the World Bank on water initiatives in Africa to combat the transmission of Covid-19
LIKE many Malawians who live in...
Straddling the fence: will hybrid working be middle ground in home-or-office?
By ROSS SEYCHELL
IT’S BEEN a year since the UK entered the biggest — and longest — remote-working experiment in history. But with the vaccine rollout...
Second helping of aid for the UK’s self-employed
SELF-EMPLOYED people whose income has been hit by coronavirus can apply for a second support grant from the UK government.
The first was launched in...
A menace by any other name: the ‘equaliser’ that just isn’t
By William Roman
COVID-19 and coronavirus are the most common names for it, but some sociologists and economists are tentatively hailing the virus as the...
SMEs head online to counter lockdown — and find surprise benefits
SMALL UK businesses are moving the bulk of their services online as the sector takes tentative steps towards recovery.
Small Business Britain and BT Skills...
