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The power of play and how Lego is changing the world one brick at a time.
Open banking will require data sharing that will disrupt the monopoly that big banks have on customers’ financial data. It will boost the range of products and deals available to people.
January prompts a spike in new job searches, but a new job is not necessarily the answer. Here’s how work can give us the direction we need in difficult times.
Brands are notoriously hard to manage and protect from global competition. Here’s how Triumph Motorcycles resurrected itself.
Wealth managers are playing an increasing role in determining what social causes are funded and how.
Interest among financial institutions in bitcoin derivatives contracts highlights worrying reminders of the not-too-distant past.
Next generation finance bots are incredibly sophisticated.
Footballers and other sports stars are the giants of social media, amassing millions of followers. But does it provide value for money and will the relationship last?
The two things UK must do to survive Brexit.
Small loans from governments and philanthropists are often held up as a route out of poverty. But proper research into whether they work is thin on the ground.
Mass production with a touch of customisation could be the best future for affordable homes.
The land of banks and braes has done good business on the back of Brexit, but it may be about to take the low road.
The use of big data at work could promote well-being – but only in very specific conditions.
Does 21st century corporate logic contain the seeds of its own destruction?
Public support for nationalisation is through the roof. Actually the system is only barely private.
Brexit, bots and jobs and bitcoin are set to dominate economics news in 2018.
On December 30, 1967 the UK’s highest court drew a line in the sand over the rise of casinos. Here’s what happened next.
Water pollution, toxic chemical use and textile waste: fast fashion comes at a huge cost to the environment.
If you find help messages from factory and delivery workers in your presents this season, how should you respond?
The law can both make and break criminals.
The Working Time Directive enshrines legal rights to rest periods, paid holidays and a maximum 48-hour working week.
Do you check your work email before you go to bed at night and first thing when you wake? How about on holiday? This is the effect of mobile working.
The idea of pop-up shops has been around for ages, but now even established high-street retailers are being forced to buy in.
To stop pilots strikes this Christmas, Ryanair made a massive U-turn on previous policy on recognising unions.