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In a case of "if you can't beat them, join them", Jens Eskelund said European companies operating in China were now thinking "Made in China for China" could be replaced by a philosophy of "Made in China for the world".…
“Time,” she says. “Time is a constant. It was here yesterday, it’s here today and it will be here tomorrow. We’re just living in its movement, and we try to capture it with beautiful designs and vibrant colours.” Humans…
Protect their freedom of thought by investing in sovereign AI, diversifying AI supply chains, and maintaining independent judgement, urges Lewis Liu I recently spoke on a panel in front of senior financial regulators…
Could they walk out as the new owners of Poundland? Xyra Group, an obscure investment firm, is emerging as the “frontrunner” to snap Poundland from the jaws of administration, as 12,000 jobs and 600 stores hang in the…
His youth guarantee is set to be delivered through local participation systems modelled on the Dutch “youth points”, tackling inactivity early and in person before a young person drifts onto benefits for good. The weak…
Far from helping young people, this will only make things worse, says Alys Denby Do you want your colleagues to know how much you’re paid? What if you’re out-earning someone who’s been there longer? Or what if an…
Drawing the comparison between the Victorian railroad boom and seaside stocks, where investors poured into capital-intensive infrastructure builders while downstream service beneficiaries were generating profit, Hulse…
Few financial institutions crop up more in discussions with fee-hungry deals advisers than Onesavings Bank. It’s a firm lesser-known in households across the UK and instead recognised by its plethora of brands, including…
So why is the government still going to scrap it, asks Brian Byrnes Introduced in 2017 to help young people navigate the twin challenges of buying a first home and saving for retirement, the Lifetime ISA (LISA) had a…
Some have described it as “thinly spread”, making “marginal tweaks” at the edges (or as the BBC’s Chris Mason put it: “a flotilla of small measures”), but there is one area where the government has had a big impact…