Innovation

Jo Halliday, CEO, Talking Medicines

AI and machine learning bolster pharma data-analysis

A SPECIALIST in social intelligence for the pharmaceutical industry has developed a systematic way of measuring patients’ experience of taking medicines. Glasgow-based Talking Medicines was...
plastic packaging, retail sustainability

Retail industry must commit to sustainability: report

THE RETAIL industry must work harder and faster to deliver on climate change commitments, a report warns. Survey management consultancy Boston Consulting Group (BCG), in...
Rishi Sunak, UK Chancellor

British business leaders have their say about the Budget

YESTERDAY’S Budget announcement by Chancellor Rishi Sunak has opened the floodgates: comment is flooding in to BV. Here we list some of the most recent...

Quad: Lasting Value

At the high-end, product quality and diversity do not go hand-in-hand. There are only so many ways to audiophile Nirvana. When no corners are...
Four-day week wooden blocks

Four-day weeks ‘could keep spirits high’

OUR JOBS fill up most of our weekdays — and sometimes our weekends and evenings, too. For many, the idea of settling down with a...

Martin Scorsese: A Life Saved by Rock & Roll

If Martin Charles Scorsese hadn’t made the momentous decision to become a film-maker, he would have joined the priesthood. A celibate life of serenity...
Mercedes Benz EQS

EV News Round-up Spring 2021

By RICHARD THOMAS GOVERNMENT action and consumer demand: these factors will determine when the world’s auto manufacturers stop making cars powered by fossil fuels. In recent...

WEF: Beyond Davos

From helping China open up its economy (1976) to avoiding war between Greece and Turkey (1988) and bringing together West and East Germany (1989);...

Mohamed A El-Erian: The Great Policy Divergence

Over the next few weeks, the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank are likely to put in place notably different policies. The...

ZICA ASSIS (Founder, Beliza Natural): A real rags to riches tale

AS a child in the seventies, Zica Assis and her family had nothing. They lived, like thousands of others in the run-down favelas of...