Samsung sees jump in Q2 profits thanks to remote working trend
SAMSUNG Electronics earnings have been boosted by the work-from-home boom.
The world’s largest smartphone manufacturer announced Q2 operating profits up 23 percent compared with last...
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...
SDG8: From Luddites to the Mumbai exodus: workers labouring without love
JASON AGNEW reports on SDG8 — decent work and economic growth — in his ongoing series for BV
SDG8: DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
On March...
Online push from Inditex as up to 1,200 stores to close
INDITEX, the Spanish owner of fashion and clothing stores Zara, Bershka, Pull & Bear and Massimo Dutti, will close up to 1,200 outlets around...
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...
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...
SMEs and the wolf at the door
By LUCY TROTT and KATIE PHILIPSON
THROUGHOUT the pandemic, a steady stream of government support was made available to prop-up businesses.
As we move towards a...
Sunak’s Budget brings relief to many – with a few misgivings
By HAL WILLIAMS
THE BRITISH chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced the 2021 Budget, with pledges to help recovery from the Covid pandemic.
The support package for...
Contactless ‘in-touch with wary consumers’ — cash ‘faring poorly’
CONTACTLESS spending could soon account for 47 percent of all transactions, according to research carried out by the Centre of Retail Research (CRR).
It examined...
Firm that snapped-up troubled Thomas Cook is facing job cuts
THE COMPANY that bought-up 2,000 defunct Thomas Cook shops last October has warned that almost 900 of its staff may lose their jobs.
Hays Travel...
