The big fail
What will it take to fix the failures of corporate governance in Germany?
IN the wake of two world wars, Germany rose from its own...
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:...
Could matching EU quotas improve UK gender diversity?
By FRANCESCA ANOJA
FROM June 2026, all 27 EU member states will have to enforce mandatory quotas that ensure at least 40 percent of non-executive...
SDG8: From Luddites to the Mumbai exodus: workers labouring without love
JASON AGNEW reports on SDG8 — decent work and economic growth — in his ongoing series for BV
SDG8: DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
On March...
EV News Round-up Summer 2021
By RICHARD THOMAS
EV SALES in the US grew by 95 percent between January and April, compared with a 36 percent increase in the overall...
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...
Margaret Hodge: The Scourge of Tax Dodgers
The pinnacle of Margaret Hodge’s four decades in public life has arguably been the five years spent as the very high profile scourge of...
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...
Rising inflation is top concern of small businesses for 2022
Research by lender iwoca has unearthed some concerns for business in 2022
WITH rising inflation predicted by the Bank of England and the threat of...
OMRAN – driving Oman’s renaissance in tourism
“ACCESSIBILITY, safety, good weather, and friendly people. We have everything here,” says OMRAN CEO Peter Walichnowski, rolling out Oman's welcome mat for tourists and...
