Vibrant high streets key to economic revival
WORKSPACE hub SiGNAL surveyed 1,172 Britons to take the economic pulse of local high street* — and found room for improvement.
When asked how likely...
Corporate Punishment
The UK government has pledged to crack down on ‘bad’ boardroom behaviour. But how far can it go? And will the corporate world fall...
Building Blocks Of Success Are Proving Hard To Find For Lego
Beleaguered plastic toy firm is facing a fresh crisis as sales dip, profits slip, and jobs are shed…
By Darren Parkin
WHEN the Great Depression sent...
Statement on Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi)
WASHINGTON, October 12, 2017 ‒ The Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) donor countries today issued the following statement:
It is with great pleasure that we officially launch...
Emirates order keeps A380 in production
Giant airliner’s future had been under a cloud
The Emirates airline has pulled the Airbus A380 back from an early grave with an order for...
Sharia banking weaves moral fibre into the West’s oft-flawed system
No pork, no porn, no booze: this traditional Islamic take on finance and funding relies on ancient ethical codes — and ensures lender and...
Harley’s cut-and-run tactics draw tweet fire from Trump
HARLEY-DAVIDSON’S great escape from the EU-Donald Trump tariff trap – a plan to move some production out of the US – is causing anguish...
Beemer and Daimler join forces to explore driverless options, ride-hailing and...
LUXURY German vehicle manufacturers BMW and Daimler have announced they will join forces to invest in next-generation services, including driverless vehicles.
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Chicken-and-egg dilemma for the EV market: do we need more charging...
By HAL WILLIAMS
ELECTRIC vehicles may well be the future, but their uptake and the infrastructural challenges of providing charging points for them is part...
Press ponders the wisdom and reason for British Steel buy-out
BRITISH Steel late last year announced a “rescue deal” with China's Jingye Group, a move that was expected to safeguard up to 4,000 UK...
