Category: Opinion

The absence of the Employment Bill in the Queen’s Speech delivered by Prince Charles today suggests that the skills agenda is slipping down the Government’s priority list.

The UN predicts one million of the eight million species on the planet will be extinct by 2039, while UK biodiversity is already at a 50 per cent loss.

Brian Bickell – alias Mr Carnaby Street – has to dodge shoppers and tourists taking pictures for Instagram as he wends his way through the legendary London thoroughfare.

On October 28, 2021, Mark Zuckerberg wrote a founder’s letter to outline the brand’s decision to change its name to Meta, suggesting this phase as being the beginning of the next chapter for the internet. He went on to say:

The UK’s recession indicators are not yet flashing red but another surprise jump in consumer price inflation in March will add to fears that economic growth will shudder to a halt in the second half of the year.

I’d particularly like the business community to consider the benefits of employing people with a learning disability, autism spectrum condition or both. 

At this stage, the next person to point out that the pandemic has led to a shake-up of working culture is unlikely to win any of the major prizes in this year’s Most Observant Commentator Awards.

P&O’s crass mass-firing of 800 staff is inevitably leading to supply chain and cross-Channel freight disruptions.

Since the Paris accord, those following the media would be hard pressed to avoid noticing the accumulation of big corporates announcing their net zero measures and schemes like Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) rising up the media agenda.

When I mentioned the title of this piece to a male counterpart, he found my choice of the word ‘plight’ somewhat amusing!

We hear the word ‘sustainability’ a lot these days. It’s everywhere. In the news, in government memos and policy fact sheets, in NGOs and NPOs’ mission statements.

Launching a new business is fraught with possible pitfalls, and as an entrepreneur it can often feel like one false move can bring the entire process crashing down.

Since 2018, the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) world has been rocked by a brave new model, dubbed the ‘Overnight Multiple Merger Model’ (OMMM), which has yielded unprecedented results.