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With the retail industry struggling, the need to lure people into spending has never been greater.
There was token investment in driverless cars, but this was a pitiful budget by a rudderless government.
Academics deliver their verdict on Philip Hammond.
Worries about the loss of low-skilled labour risk obscuring a genuine flaw in the UK economy at the upper end of the scale.
It’s unlikely the next budget will do much to address the UK’s failure to raise money from corporation taxes.
Unemployment levels are low, but many people are being pushed into inadequately paid jobs by a punitive benefit system and lack of choice.
They engage with your senses and subconscious.
Should you be worried that tech giants are making huge investments in cultural content?
Too much money, too few targets. Is the golden child of the 1980s starting to look long in the tooth?
Any Brexit that takes Northern Ireland out of the customs union will have a significant impact.
It is easy to forget that the James Bond franchise is firmly set in the world of work. Bond’s evolution reflects changing attitudes to the workplace.
From ‘holiday isle’ to ‘tax haven’: the Isle of Man is no paradise for locals.
The morality of tax avoidance becomes problematic when it is aggressively pursued through creative schemes.
The 20th century was marked by a painful decline in UK shipbuilding, but it’s time to leave the past behind.
Inequality within generations is as pivotal as that between them.
Will the rest of the world catch up with a trend which encourages gift buying for yourself?
Employers increasingly expect employees to take responsibility for ensuring a healthy work-life balance.
Unlike the Panama Papers, the latest leak shines a light on the elites of the offshore world.
A huge majority of humanitarian employees are local to the country of intervention, but their motivations and pressures are often misunderstood.
Why do so many people queue overnight (or longer) for an over-priced, at best incrementally-changed gadget?
The choke factor is visible in tournament-style athletics competitions, and should teach managers about incentives.
The situation in Catalonia is ripe for widespread civil disobedience against the Spanish government.
The Bank of England faces a tricky trade-off of curbing inflation while maintaining financial stability.
A new division tasked with delivering the country’s economic goals should be the first step.