Tackling climate hazards head-on with pragmatic, progressive prep
By LARA ALVAREZ
CLIMATE hazards are increasing in frequency and severity, posing risk to life, assets, infrastructure, and supply chains.
Systemic disruption is driven by policy...
Chocolate frenzy: don’t bite into the wrong bar, students advise
Dutch university probe highlights one company’s go-ahead policy to avoid cacao from unethical sources
A GROUP of International business management students from the Fontys University...
EV News Round-up Winter 2020-21
By RICHARD THOMAS
SALES of electric vehicles rose by 43 percent last year — while overall car sales slumped by 20 percent.
The boom is on,...
Special Report: Changing The Message
Sex sells – that’s been the overriding message for businesses keen to advertise their services almost since commercial advertising was invented. But are consumers...
UNCDF “What Did We Learn?” Series: UNCDF MicroLead Expansion Innovations Reaching...
Increasing the capacity of financial institutions to provide low-balance savings accounts and reach low-income clients in developing countries with technology-driven products has become an...
Key announcements from Spring Budget that affect entrepreneurs
By SARAH BALCHIN
WITH all the speculation around changes to personal tax in the run up to the Spring Budget, in the end, very little...
Some SME founders are putting everything on the line
AS THE deadline for the inquiry into SME finance nears, the founders of UK start-ups are facing increasing demands to personally guarantee business loans.
Applications...
Cork industry pulls out all the stops to stay afloat
It’s found in bottles, shoes, crypt floors and space ships: JASON AGNEW raises his glass to toast a natural wonder
When many of us think...
Grim UN report shows half-a-billion people struggling to find work
ALMOST half-a-billion people around the world battle to find sufficient paid work, a UN report on employment and social trends shows.
The World Employment and Social...
Johnson must deliver ‘transformative’ strategy to help disabled people in UK
BUSINESS leaders have called on UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to deliver on his promise of a transformative National Strategy for Disabled People.
In an...
