Employers welcome UK government decision to extend furlough scheme
By Hal Williams
A DECISION to extend the British government’s furlough programme has been met with relief by UK employers.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi...
At the top of its game and on-target for future growth
VAKUFSKA Banka Sarajevo has been operating in the Bosnia-Herzegovina market for 26 years, and has gained an enviable reputation for professionalism.
The commercial bank has...
Brazilian meeting shines light on potential of fintech future
JOSÉ Lino Sepulcri, president of the Espírito Santo Trade Federation, and Gutman Uchôa de Mendonça, the regional director of the association of Brazilian banks...
SCORE-ing big! How a cooperative approach to improved work conditions in...
Improving SMEs workplace practices can help them achieve better productivity. The ILO’s SCORE Training programme is helping companies in China improve work conditions, and...
University’s incubator programme selects cancer-fighting start-ups
TWENTY start-ups — eight of them operating projects in the field of cancer — have been selected for a University of Edinburgh incubator programme...
Be wise and digitalise, report urges UK SMEs
A recent report has laid out a digital roadmap that could catalyse up to a £57bn productivity pay-out for UK SMEs over five years
The...
SMEs seek resilience in uncertain times
By TIM ANNIS
THE BANK of England has raised interest rates to the highest in 14 years, and over half of UK firms issued profit...
Rural areas, too long seen as poverty traps, key to economic...
But sweeping transformations needed to unlock their potential to help feed and employ a younger, more crowded planet - new report
9 October 2017, Rome -...
UK SMEs say costs stymie sustainability ambitions
BRITAIN’S five million SMEs claim the increased cost of doing business is making it harder to go green.
Research carried out by Oxford Economics found...
A nation of shopkeepers? Entrepreneurs, more like!
ENTREPRENEURIAL Britain is a two-day initiative planned for 2021 and designed “to reignite the entrepreneurial spirit” of UK towns and cities.
The outbreak of Covid-19...





































