Sign me up, but don’t tie me down

By MATT ILIFFE AMAZON is being sued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for purposely making unsubscribing from Prime as difficult as possible. It’s not an...

AI finds a niche in climate policy

AN OPEN AI-powered tool is unlocking over 1,600 documents and 170,000 pages of global climate policy and research. Climate Policy Radar’s Global Stocktake Explorer, funded...

SMEs find banks ‘biased against them’

NEARLY three quarters of UK SMEs say their banks discriminate against them in favour of larger companies. Fintech platform HedgeFlows canvassed the leaders of 500...

Starting a business social media account — from scratch

By PETRA SMITH IF MARKETING success was built on simply creating a social media profile and posting content, there would be a lot more profitable...

UK’s fastest-growing firms in the spotlight

WHAT do morph suits*, digital marketing, premium vodka and garden sheds all have in common? They’re just four of the things sold by Britain’s...

Ex-snipers slot into cybersecurity roles

By TOM LARTER THE CHIEF of Defence Intelligence, Adrian Bird, says Britain’s economic future depends on its stance on recruitment and staff retention. Bird was speaking not to business...

UN head backs new watchdog body for AI

UN SECRETARY-General Antonio Guterres is backing proposals for the creation of an international AI watchdog body. The rapid advance of generative AI like ChatGPT —...

UK SMEs say costs stymie sustainability ambitions

BRITAIN’S five million SMEs claim the increased cost of doing business is making it harder to go green. Research carried out by Oxford Economics found...

‘Pay-as-you-throw’: a solution to cut waste?

GOVERNMENTS should consider a combination of incentives and penalties to cut the volume of waste going to landfill. That’s according to Chris Williams, founder and...