Viability

World Bank Group: Are Stars Aligning for Clean-Energy Financing?

One of the biggest bangs on the opening day of the Paris COP21 climate summit was without doubt the dual announcements by the Breakthrough...
Global temperature graph, media emissions illustration

Media and emissions link: new ground broken

SINCE 2019, communications company dentsu has been working with the University of Bristol, the BBC, Sky, Netflix and ITV to calculate the greenhouse gas...
UK Exports

Changes and optimism in the engine room of UK economy

SMALL and medium enterprises (SMEs) are in the news with optimistic projections for Britain’s export trade – despite Brexit – and BNP Paribas appointing...

Business for Peace award winners announced by ICC

THE INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the Business for Peace Foundation have announced the three winners of the 2020 Oslo Business for Peace...
Tesla Model Y

EV News Round-up Summer 2019

By RICHARD THOMAS IT HAS been a busy year for electric vehicle manufacturers. Tesla’s Model Y, an SUV based on the Model 3, has been spotted...
Black Mass, RS Bruce

Black Mass — not as creepy as it sounds…

UK firms extract vital minerals from solid mixture of metals and impurities in ‘game-changer’ for EVs A BRITISH deep-tech company focused on sustainable mineral extraction...
HS2

Job fears as UK’s Carillion collapses

UK construction giant Carillion is heading into liquidation, putting thousands of jobs under threat. Talks between the firm, its lenders and the government failed to...

Calestous Juma: A Biotech Revolution for Africa

In western countries, the genetic modification of crops is often seen as a threat to the environment. Professor Calestous Juma takes a contrarian view:...
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...
Young workers in modern office, serviced offices illustration

Is the office now officially a financial millstone?

INDUSTRY analysis by debt advisory firm Sirius Property Finance predicts that the UK’s serviced offices market will grow by 17 percent this year. But the...