Recent data has revealed that UK SMEs are diversifying the markets they export to, showing signs of a healthy future post-Brexit for many companies. An analysis of over 1,000 small and medium businesses showed that 25 percent are investigating exports to new countries in the next quarter of business. The figures reveal that many UK […]
While he retains a strong voter base in the conservative heartlands of North America, the Presidency of Donald Trump continues to be defined by an excess of smoke and a seemingly endless hallway of mirrors. Nothing embodies this better than the former real estate mogul's comprehensive tax reform plans, which has been presented as legislation […]
Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina is the President of the African Development Bank Group - the premier multilateral development financial institution in Africa. Established in 1964 to fight poverty and promote sustainable economic growth and social progress in Africa, the Bank’s strategy is focused on five development priorities (the ‘High 5s’): light up and power Africa, […]
While not in a trade war as of yet, both oppositions in the US vs China tariff tension have given warnings and escalated hostility. If a war of sorts were to pass, who would be afflicted, and what would it do for the economy? Speaking on the tension is Siddharth Shankar, a leading expert in […]
There has been a lot of recent news regarding trade tariffs, as America and China impose a number of greater tariffs on a wide range of each other’s goods. Is this all political showboating though, or do they actually have an impact? Trade tariffs were introduced to increase the ease and competition, while decreasing the […]
CEO and founder of VST Enterprises, Louis-James Davis, created the company’s technology to help tackle the huge limitations with serial numbers, barcodes and other scannable codes that are vulnerable to mass counterfeiting. Below he explains to CEO Today the huge dangers of counterfeiting on innocent individuals and businesses – and how consumers will be the […]
With the Brexit divorce bill weighing in at just under a £40bn hit to the UK economy, private sector productivity - supported by the sentiments of Britain’s wealthiest - is of the utmost importance. Following the agreement of Brexit terms between the EU and UK last month, the Enterprise Investment Scheme Association has commissioned new research revealing resoundingly […]
We each spend an average of £2,160 a year working from coffee shops – but we close business deals worth £14.5 BILLION to the UK economy. New research has been published today that reveals the value and work that is added to the British economy from people working out of coffee shops and the coining […]
Jack Ma wasn't born rich but now he is the richest man in Asia. This Bloomberg profile tells the story of how Ma started as a poor kid in China's countryside, learned English, got rejected from a job at KFC but then went on to found Alibaba, the massive e-commerce site. Video by Vicky Feng, […]
New research recently revealed the widening gap between software creation and software security, with the rush to innovate outpacing the urgency to secure the process. The “Securing the Digital Economy” report, form CA Veracode, highlights how investment in software and digital transformation is rapidly accelerating, with around one in five business leaders indicating that their […]
The biggest obstacle to the growth of Britain’s business enterprises is poor time management, new research has revealed. A recent study commissioned by online printing company, instantprint, which polled the time-keeping habits of 500 SME business owners, has revealed sub-optimal time management as a major barrier to business growth. In an average working week a […]
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