Oil giant’s massive profits — and legal woes
SHELL has seen record annual profits since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The oil giant’s profits hit £32.2bn last year: double the previous year’s tally, and...
‘Commission-free’ investment platform expected in Q3 2021
FINTECH start-up Lightyear is offering Europe’s first commission-free investment platform.
Set to start rolling out in Q3 2021, Lightyear marries multi-currency accounts with unlimited access...
Tech Nation winds-down after grant funding is cut
AFTER a decade as a government-backed organisation in the UK scale-up ecosystem, Tech Nation will cease operations and seeks to transfer its assets.
The decision...
Dirty rotten plastic? Biodegradable film cuts pollution and costs
A new Spanish firm hopes to end agricultural plastic waste with an environmentally friendly product. HAL WILLIAMS speaks to the founders…
PLASTIC is pretty much...
Three PMs, four chancellors, and a partridge in a pear tree…?
ONLY a quarter of UK retail investors have faith in Tory economic policy, with the majority concerned for the future.
Research commissioned by online forex...
North America: Canada – Political Upset Ushers in New Era
Around this time last year, a Canadian TV station ran a poll and found that most of the population thought the country’s politics grey...
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...
Lessons in leadership, from Bihar to Buckingham Palace
RAFAAT RAHMANI recounts the life journey that took him from poverty to a top job — and a King’s Award for Enterprise
ALL START-ups face...
Patience and discipline will deliver family prosperity
The Holt-Dunn family has been managing investments and assets for generations
SIR HERBERT HOLT created a business empire that spanned three continents during one of...
Africa: Tech Giants in the Making
Emboldened by the success of its home-grown M-PESA mobile payment framework, Kenya is now set to become Africa’s tech giant with even Google taking...
