Global Finance

Huawei phones

The IP man cometh: China bows to international will

East is east and West is west, and our man in the middle, businessman LEO AUSTIN — UK-based but with decades of experience in...
Business, finance, currency, SME banking illustration

SMEs find banks ‘biased against them’

NEARLY three quarters of UK SMEs say their banks discriminate against them in favour of larger companies. Fintech platform HedgeFlows canvassed the leaders of 500...

IFC: Corporate Governance Practices in the European Union

For the first time, European Commission Directive 2006/46/EC required all listed companies to produce a corporate governance statement in their annual report to shareholders....
Landfill, bulldozer, waste management

Effective waste-management: a duty, not an option

A WELL-STRUCTURED waste management plan can affect the internal and external perspectives of a company. It can also make a company more desirable to work...

Think Big: Economic Diversification Drive Meets Future

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the scene of undertakings on a massive scale – not quite appropriate for those accustomed to a more...
Decentralised Finance, DeFi, institutional investment

Regulators eye checks and balances on DeFi market

THE WORLD’S securities regulators are set to crack down on decentralised finance (DeFi) platforms. The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has outlined a plan...
Decacorn

The UK valley of the ‘decacorns’ comes alive with new entrants

THE UK RANKS third globally for $10bn tech businesses, with a total of 12 — behind the US, which has 157, and China, 38. The...
BMW i8

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. (Click here to see...

IFC: Latin America and the Caribbean – Seizing a Trillion Dollar...

Soon the world will celebrate the one-year anniversary of the historic climate agreement signed in Paris in December 2015. The agreement will be implemented...
Business taxes

Key announcements from Spring Budget that affect entrepreneurs

By SARAH BALCHIN WITH all the speculation around changes to personal tax in the run up to the Spring Budget, in the end, very little...