Innovation

Huawei phones

‘Create a sense of crisis before diving into digital’ — Huawei

A SENSE of crisis should be encouraged and intensified to help drive digital transformation, Huawei’s rotating chairman Guo Ping believes. Ping was speaking at a...
Mind Trace, one of the innovators showcased at events in March

Uni-supported innovators to pitch at showcase events

FOUNDERS of University of Edinburgh-supported start-ups will be able to showcase their companies to an audience of investors at two events taking in March. Ten...

Latin America: As Nations Mature Some Are Left Behind

Devoid of subtlety, headlines often fail to convey the real story. While the bumbling and stumbling governments of Brazil and Venezuela dominate the news...
Black Soldier Fly

Larvae flows erupt in Scotland’s protein push

SCOTLAND’S Beta Bugs Ltd has secured a £1.72m investment to scale-up the production, sale and supply of black soldier fly eggs and larvae. Insect farming...

JAMES PARK (CEO Fitbit Inc): Fighting fit, and armed with a...

WHEN serial entrepreneur James Park dropped out of Harvard, he did so with a smile on his face. Not the smug grin of someone...

Africa: Tunisia – Determined and Confident

Cited five years ago as the cradle from which the Arab Spring engulfed the Middle East with protests, rebellion, and other expressions of public...
Ida Tin

Ida Tin: a woman with the heart of a lion

BV has profiled this femtech pioneer before — and probably will again. There’s no stopping her, reports HEATHER LEAH SMITH... IDA TIN is a Danish...
Cat on toilet, Fibrecycle illustration

Old news is good news for FibreCycle

Catch it at the pet expo in Surrey later this month... SCUNTHORPE eco-conscious innovator FibreCycle has for some time been making an example for/of the...

Nick Clegg: A Heart That Will Yet Be Sorely Missed

As David Cameron was celebrating his party’s astonishing victory at the polls on May 8, his former coalition partner Nick Clegg delivered a mournful...
Steel dresses catwalk

Steeling the limelight in world of fashion

Daring design: a collaboration between a Swedish fashion designer and an innovative steel manufacturer creates steel thinner than silk By Abi Grogan CHOOSING the right outfit...