Category: Opinion

Hope is finally on the horizon.  Our biotechnology heroes have produced a medical miracle never seen before.

A report recently published by the London School of Economics disclosed that over a million Britons who were previously self-employed may now quit self-employment, ending a trend in British entrepreneurship that has lasted two decades.

Over the past decade, interest in and consumption of plant-based foods has boomed. We live in an increasingly sustainable and health conscious era, where consumers are rethinking what they buy, wear and eat, and where it comes from.

Many workers greeted working from home with glee at the start of the spring lockdown: no more grim commutes on crowded carriages or feeling your life ebb away on the M6, the chance to spend more time with family, and the opportunity to avoid the distractions of a noisy open-plan office.

We are what we eat; so the saying goes. And for those at the forefront of ‘food tech’ that means a diet of innovation designed to chew over some of the world’s most pressing problems.

There is less than one month to go before the end of the Brexit transition period. From midnight on 31 December, the UK will be ‘on its own’ as far as Europe is concerned.

The looming threat of a no-deal Brexit, coupled with a second national lockdown, promises a difficult winter for SMEs on top of what has already been a challenging year.

The return of HM Revenue & Customs’ preferential status when companies go bust will “scupper” a business rescue process that helped to save thousands of jobs during the Covid-19 pandemic, insolvency experts have warned.

Following the announcement by the UK government of new funding rules for agriculture to replace the EU’s CAP following Brexit small tenant farmers and the beef and sheep sectors are set to suffer.

Lance Forman, Vice Chairman of the Independent Business Network (IBN) sets out 10 reasons why the Government should scrap corporation tax?

With the second lockdown well underway and many workers facing continued uncertainty about when they will next be back in the office, the debate about what the future of work looks like for businesses is starting to ramp up.

One of the big stories of the past seven months has been the sudden move of millions of people to working from home. Tim Ringo looks at what it’s like for those who cannot work from home in a pandemic?