by Kathy Gibson | Apr 24, 2020 | Featured Story, Features
Small businesses need the nation to mobilise behind them more than ever before. That’s the word from Mike Anderson, founder and CEO of the National Small Business Chamber (NSBC), who says the role that small businesses play in job creation, poverty alleviation,...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 19, 2020 | Features
The economic impact of Covid-19 pandemic on global businesses has sparked universal uncertainty and panic. Some industries are more accustomed to rapidly-changing conditions than others, which find themselves at sea, particularly when it comes to relying more heavily...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 19, 2020 | Features
While much of the public discourse surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) focusses on dire predictions about robots stealing jobs, a growing number of future-minded business leaders are embracing an altogether more optimistic and empowering narrative. “Visionary...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 19, 2020 | Features
Growing competition and rising customer expectations are pushing banking and fintech markets towards introducing interdisciplinary functionalities and focusing on fast and efficient internal operations, leading them to become more digitized in the overall process....
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 17, 2020 | Features
Last month Parliament took a decision to suspend the programme of its two Houses. This decision was taken a few days before the start of the constituency programme of Parliament. It was as a precautionary measure relating to Covid-19, to drastically limit numbers of...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 17, 2020 | Featured Story, Features
IHS Markit looks past the horrific second-quarter drop in real GDP, and a deeper recession in 2020 than in 2008–09, to assess the shape and strength of the recovery. A V-shaped recovery in the manufacturing sectors seems plausible, once the large increase in...