James Hebbert, managing director of Hylink (UK), gives CEO Today an insight into China's thriving duty-free market and explains how global luxury brands can make the most of it. China's duty-free market is rapidly expanding, particularly in the island province of Hainan where even domestic tourists can shop duty-free. Last year alone, duty-free sales in Hainan […]
With the growing amount of organic waste being produced by society as a whole, SusGlobal Energy is on a mission to create a solution for sustainable global management of these wastes. The founder of the company Marc Hazout believes that renewable energy and regenerative products from organic waste is the future, with sources of this […]
Renewable energy technology company Heliogen has raised £108 million to push its new concentrating solar-powered (CSP) “sunlight refinery” through to markets. The technology, backed by American business magnate Bill Gates, can produce extremely high-temperature heat that can then be utilised for power generation, hydrogen production, and industrial decarbonisation. In 2019, Heliogen demonstrated a prototype of its CPS […]
The announcement comes as part of Jaguar Land Rover’s larger goal to produce only zero-tailpipe emissions vehicles by 2036. The automotive giant has also pledged to work towards becoming a net-zero carbon business by 2039. The vehicle’s fuel cells combine hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity without combustion, with the electricity generated being used to power […]
Virgin Atlantic has suggested that the electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVOTL) could fly between towns and major airports, operating as an air taxi service. The launch would come as part of a partnership with Bristol-based Vertical Aerospace, which is set to conduct test flights this year. Virgin Atlantic isn’t the only company to […]
Tesla will begin deliveries of its new Model S Plaid after the once-rescheduled “delivery event” for its high-performance version of its flagship electric sedan finally took place on Thursday. Tesla will initially make 25 deliveries on Friday evening, expanding to hundreds of cars per week, then a thousand cars per week in the next phase. […]
Patrick Drahi, founder of the European-based telecom group Altice, has bought a 12.1% stake in telecommunications company BT, worth approximately £2.2 billion. Altice is now BT’s largest shareholder after the purchase of 1.2 billion shares by recently-formed Altice UK. BNP Paribas and Morgan Stanley handled the share purchases. Drahi, who has a net worth of […]
After stepping down as Amazon’s CEO, Jeff Bezos is set to fly to space next month alongside his brother. It will be the first crewed flight by Bezos’ aerospace company, Blue Origin. Turning to Instagram, Mr Bezos said that space flight was something he had wanted to do his entire life. Space travel is a […]
We sit down with Eynat Guez, CEO of Papaya Global for an exclusive interview about leading one of the world's most successful payroll companies and most talked about Unicorns worldwide.
Vinod brings over 30 years of telecommunications experience to Vodafone, gained in a wide variety of global roles spanning Europe, Asia Pacific and the Americas. Most recently, Vinod was Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Tata Communications, where he first joined as its Chief Operations Officer in 2004. You often talk about large organisations’ […]
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