Dr James Davies, psychotherapy expert from the University of Roehampton, comments on the impact of Covid-19 on the public’s mental health
Category: Opinion
Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
The recipe for disruptive success in tech
Following the announcement of Airbnb’s imminent IPO, Eugene Tavyev, CEO and founder of Spacepool, looks at Airbnb’s key ingredients of success, what new businesses can learn from them and highlights opportunities that remain for disruptive tech platforms.
Government must create “emergency fund” to stop freelancers getting “left behind” in Coronavirus planning
Freelancers and the self-employed are being “left behind” in government Coronavirus (COVID-19) planning, IPSE has warned.
Environmental activism and brand futures
I believe we need a more humanistic approach to innovation. One that promotes environmentalism, diversity, social progression and individual wellbeing as a foundation of the concepts, products, services and experiences that organisations and businesses create.
Going green: What ‘Net zero’ means for small businesses
Liam Burlinson, Head of SME Energy Efficiency at British Gas Business explains what SMEs can do to improve sustainability and move towards net-zero emissions status.
IR35 review “recklessly inadequate” as government pushes ahead with “catastrophic” policy
The government IR35 review published today is “recklessly inadequate”, IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed), has warned.
How to close the gender pay gap: Stop salary disclosure
A female business leader has said that companies who ask for candidates’ existing salaries in the recruitment process are preventing progress on closing the gender pay gap.
How scaling a business with multiple founders can be challenging
With a background as a doctor Hjalmar Ståhlberg Nordegren, CEO of food waste app Karma has always been passionate about solving big problems.
Fly-tipping: Let’s call it ‘Environmental Terrorism’ from now on
Fly-tippers who destroy local beauty spots and hand huge clean-up bills to councils should be called out as environmental terrorists and treated as such.
British Cleaning Council ‘worried and concerned’ by proposed post-Brexit immigration rules
The British Cleaning Council (BCC) has said it is ‘very worried and concerned’ about the ‘huge’ possible impact of Government proposals to introduce an ‘Australian-style points-based’ immigration system from 2021.
Wearable tech is maturing, but is still out of the mainstream
Wearable technology is an emerging sub-market in the Internet of Things (IoT) theme, but is yet to establish itself in the IoT mainstream due to limited interoperability and underdeveloped self-contained functionalities.
Is digital transformation the future of retail?
Digital transformation in retail should be at the core of every strategy, regardless of whether a retailers’ primary storefronts are online or physical buildings.
We need to start celebrating the bootstrap
We have an unhealthy obsession with venture capital (VC) investment. Looking at the headlines, you’d be forgiven for thinking there is only one way of building a company.
The debate over the rise of cashless economies
In the last decade there have been big changes to how people pay for things.
Eyal Nachum of Bruc Bond cautions UK clients: Brexit is not over yet
Eyal Nachum, Bruc Bond’s fintech guru, is cautioning investors and clients in the United Kingdom against complacency regarding cross-border payments in a post-Brexit world.
