North America: Canada – Political Upset Ushers in New Era
Around this time last year, a Canadian TV station ran a poll and found that most of the population thought the country’s politics grey...
Big Issue Invest puts £40m into social enterprises
BIG ISSUE Invest (BII) has launched its 2020-2021 Impact Report. The social investment arm of The Big Issue supported 184 social enterprises across the UK...
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...
Grant Thornton Hong Kong: Mergers and Acquisitions – Cultural Alignment for...
Too often companies put together look great on paper but are fraught with management and structural problems that end up turning deals into busts....
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...
Rival outdoor clothing brands united in fight for environmental protection
ETHICAL fashion may be a buzzword now, but some clothing brands have been riding the sustainability wave longer than others. And naturally, outdoor apparel...
Swede Electric Dreams
Is Volvo’s bid to become all-electric the shrewdest business move of the year, or a cynical ploy to capitalise on the world’s mounting affection...
Never mind the valleys: how green is your juice?
… and we aren't talking about kale smoothies. BV’s RICHARD THOMAS gets out his calculator and tots-up the true environmental cost of powering ‘green’...
Claus for concern: UK hit by shortage of tree sellers
A shortage of Christmas tree-sellers is more serious than it sounds, warns Alan Thomas, UK CEO at Simply Business.
One in five small businesses expects...
Makeup break-up as Revlon files for bankruptcy
AFTER 90 years in business, cosmetics giant Revlon is filing for bankruptcy in the US.
The company had been brought down by a combination of...
