High St, Conwy, Wales. Some places have already started to inject some local flavour to their high streets.
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To make a real change to our high streets, we need to think about about the social purpose and economic functions of these areas.
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People have invested emotionally in animals for thousands of years, but their financial situation directly impacts their ability to properly care for for their pets.
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Taking express delivery to new heights could be a risky move.
Turning around the platform is a Musk.
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It’s a year since Elon Musk took charge of Twitter. His plan for charging new customers looks like another mis-step.
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What organisations can do to avoid promoting people into management positions without the correct set of skills.
Pain, no gain? Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey.
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We need to start cutting rates, but there’s something that has to happen first.
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History shows how conflicts can create uncertainty that can rattle financial markets. This could feed into consumer price inflation, keeping it higher for longer.
Public pressure for greater sanctions on Russia also affects western companies that have not yet left the country.
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Research aims to provide a better idea about why some multinationals are ‘trapped’ in Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.
Successful start-up founder Elon Musk is known for his confidence.
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Start-up success isn’t just about finding the right product or underserved market, personalities matter too.
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SMEs could help the UK maintain its position as a climate change champion and ensure a long-term future for all businesses, large or small
Oil tankers at sea.
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An initial squeeze on demand for Russian oil due to western sanctions was temporary but the country’s oil industry might have bigger problems.
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The business acumen of those behind the scenes at Disney have been central to the peaks and troughs of the company.
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Our study shows the way bank bosses talk about risk can negatively affect financial stability.
An appearance in the 2023 Barbie movie has given the shoe brand an extra push.
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It’s not just the Barbie effect, Birkenstock’s brand equity has been rising for years.
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Why it’s so much easier to sign up to a service than it is to leave.
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2023 was awarded to Harvard professor Claudia Goldin.
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The Harvard professor was awarded the Nobel prize for economics for her work on women in the workforce.
A boat in Kinnego marina surrounded by toxic blue-green algae.
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The largest lake in the UK and Ireland has been blighted by toxic blue-green algae.
The Bank of England (headquarters on the left) is expected to hold interest rates, causing investors to sell UK bonds.
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Rates are now higher than after Liz Truss’s 2022 mini-budget.
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If the competition regulator gets its way, it could force significant changes to the online shopping giant.
A member of the media outside the Countess of Chester Hospital during the Lucy Letby trial in August 2023.
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The often long and complex nature of corporate manslaughter investigations means that prosecutions can take years, if they happen at all.
A ship that will store and offload oil produced by the newly approved Rosebank field in the North Sea.
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Even with a 75% tax, energy companies can claim tax reliefs on UK projects.
Retailers want police to respond more to shop theft reports.
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Shoplifting in the UK has become brazen, threatening to shop staff, and seemingly without consequence.
Radical conservative Javier Milei is ahead in polls to become next president.
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The IMF’s US57 billion bailout to Argentina in 2018 was the biggest loan it has ever extended.
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Confronting a bully isn’t the only way to call out toxic behaviour at work.
A woman walks past an ad for HS2 by the Curzon Street station in Birmingham.
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With all delays on this train line over the last decade, it may have been a costly distraction from other projects that could have contributed to levelling up in the meantime.