Global Finance

Playing to Win or Playing to Survive? Urbanisation and the Knowledge...

It is no surprise that cities around the world have been expanding over the last few decades. The pace of this trend is breath-taking....
Trainers, sneakers in shop

Walking a mile in China’s shoes will cost US shoppers dear

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump may figuratively have shot himself in the foot. Another industry is about to become a casualty of America’s escalating trade war...
UK Border at Heathrow Airport

EU citizens ‘need help from UK firms to resolve status issues’

WITH JUST 20 days for European citizens to apply for settled status in the UK, businesses should help with outstanding applications. That advice comes from...
escape room

Time to play! Company brings experiential and live gaming to UK

A NEW company dedicated to developing and staging large-scale experiential and live gameplay productions has been launched in the UK. Gamepath is a partnership between...
Yuan currency

China ‘set to launch’ trial of e-RMB digital currency

CHINA’S central bank has stepped up development of a digital currency likely to become the first to be operated by a major economy. The sovereign...
Social enterprise hair and beauty salon

Scotland, brave and bonny: beauty salon’s social mission

SCOTLAND’S first hair and beauty salon operating as a social enterprise has opened a second outlet in Edinburgh. Founder Kerry Anderson is behind the Brave,...
5 Omani Rials

Winning philosophy, bold progress, and a cyclone test passed with flying...

DHOFAR Insurance Company believes in looking after its customers, thinking globally — and becoming everyone's insurer of choice. Dhofar Insurance (DIC) has been putting that...

Brand owners raise maritime transport of counterfeit goods at major industry...

Kuala Lumpur, 5 October 2017 – Leaders of the freight forwarding and logistics industry gathering for the 56th World Congress of the International Federation...
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...