With banks limiting who they can lend to, an increasing number of businesses are using government funding schemes to secure vital funds for growth. The number...
A new report suggests that social enterprises are now more attractive to entrepreneurs than mainstream businesses. The study, which includes the results of a survey commissioned...
Food supplies are being put under serious pressure in some parts of the US, Middle East, India and China, according to the head of the Earth...
Wednesday and yesterday’s falls in stock markets around the world are worrying. The fall followed Ben Bernanke’s prediction that the Federal Reserve would ease its bond buying...
The UK’s biofuels supply chain has launched an appeal to David Cameron, urging him to address the real causes of hunger and not to blame the industry. Lack of...
Start-up businesses in the UK are less profitable than those from the US and this is causing a gap to form in venture capital investment, according to innovation charity...
Environmental problems in China are increasingly getting to a point where the sacrifice for its rapid economic growth becomes unbearable. The problems range across the full...
The government has announced it will commission an independent review into maximising growth of the fossil fuels industry – a move that has been slammed by...
This week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) called for more effort by the UK government to stimulate a strong and sustainable recovery. Simon Leadbetter lays out what...
The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has launched a guide to responsible investment, which encourage its members to take factors other than financial returns into...
The Institute of Directors has been accused of “cheerleading for the industry” after publishing a report that explores the potential of fracking in the UK. The...
Influential bodies sent strong messages this month to reiterate the urgency of the climate change battle. As emissions keep rising from emerging market countries despite the...
This time last week, we brought you Robert Gordon’s TED talk about the death of innovation. Giving an opposing viewpoint seven days later is Erik Brynjolfsson,...
Robert Gordon is one of the world’s most influential macroeconomists. Earlier in 2013, he gave a TED talk about how the death of innovation will signal...
This is the second cartoon in our B******* as usual… series, in which we share work by Manchester-based cartoonist Polyp. For more information on Polyp, see...