Global Finance

THE idea of turning parenting into a corporate mission would be enough to reduce most mums and dads to dribbling wrecks, but when Rufus...

FASHION giant Gap is the latest firm to forego bricks and mortar and embrace e-commerce, announcing plans to close its 81 stores in the...

Don’t buy a lemon: UK fintech scale-up partners with US car-sales site for a fully transactional marketplace IN A fightback against social media disruptors –...

After months of quiet anxiety about trade conditions for the country, the voices of Germany’s business leaders are becoming louder as they believe they...

RETAIL is — statistically — the best industry in which to start a business in the UK. Analysis by cloud accounting company Ember shows that...

Brian Chesky, CEO of AirBnB, is a champion of the global sharing economy. Proving that there’s no place like someone else’s home, AirBnB –...

The Internet has become an essential part of modern life. A revised Hierarchy of Needs for the 21st century puts the right to a...

TWO CENTRAL European ed-tech companies are merging to create a giant digital skilling and sourcing powerhouse. Codecool and Software Development Academy (SDA) have a presence...

By HAL WILLIAMS BRITISH Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn statement has caused another avalanche of responses in the BV inbox, and there are — unsurprisingly —...

UK firm Purbeck’s personal guarantee insurance has seen a sharp rise in small businesses contacting its mentoring and advice service for support. From January to...