Business Models

Flights Cancelled

MONARCH LATEST: Where did it all go wrong?

Private equity firm which owned the popular airline says the total cost of its collapse will take years to calculate as it stares into...
Gas burner, euro sign, graph. Energy prices illustration

Rising energy prices worry SME owners — price-hikes coming

A SURVEY of 1,000 British SMEs indicates that rising fuel and energy costs are the greatest threats to survival in 2022. Half — 49 percent...
Blackberry

Hello Blackberry Way! Canada’s Tech Giant Is Making A Comeback

For years the BlackBerry was the ultimate business mobile, but a decision to pull away from making phones as the business was left in...
Tom Thackray, CBI

‘Securing the free flow of data to the UK economy will...

The UK Government has published proposals for future data sharing arrangements between the UK and EU. Tom Thackray, CBI Director of Innovation, said: “This paper is an...
Couple at supermarket checkout. Loyalty fraud illustration

Loyalty fraud: it’s a thing

BUSINESSES are realising that a top-notch customer experience is the key to staying one step ahead — and fraud rings have begun to target...
Liliane Bettencourt

World’s richest woman dies

Obituary: Liliane Bettencourt: 1922 - 2017 Controversy and questionable politics were never far away to divert attention from some remarkable skill at leading an industry...
Uncle Ben's rebranding

Shareholder value eclipsed by stakeholder value, and brand purpose is king

Vaccine announcements don’t automatically signal a return to business-as-usual, argues ROSS CLUGSON VACCINES are like buses. You wait eight months … and then two...
Richer Sounds, Belfast

Employee share ownership: Richer joins his own workforce

By RICHARD THOMAS THE ISSUE of share ownership for employees recently hit the UK headlines when Julian Richer announced he was handing 60 percent of...
Businessman on tightrope. Business vulnerability illustration

Vulnerability: the heartbeat of creativity and innovation

By CHRIS PATON THE NUMBER of UK businesses forced to close in the last quarter was 137,210 — 23 percent up on the same period...
Online banking

Online shift has banks shutting shop

HIGH street bank branches are shutting as people turn to online services and money management. Which? magazine reports that 5,355 bank and building society branches...