Sustainability remains the number-one topic across the packaging value chain, with corporations setting ambitious targets to improve their performance. This is demonstrated by our recent global survey of packaging purchasers across industries, which shows that approximately 75 percent of organizations have made clear sustainable-packaging commitments—but […]
Co-founder of collapsed energy firm Bulb hopes to expand battery business | Renewable energy
The co-founder of collapsed energy supplier Bulb is planning to expand his loss-making battery storage venture into Europe as the energy crisis escalates. Amit Gudka hopes to develop Field Energy, the business he set up after leaving Bulb in February 2021, on the continent as countries attempt to switch toward […]
How IBM Cloud for Financial Services is Helping to Mitigate Risk in the Industry
New report conducted by independent big four public accounting firm validates IBM Cloud Services are implemented against, and adhere to, the IBM Cloud Framework for Financial Services technical, administrative and physical control requirements According to a study[1] by IBM Institute for Business Value, 64% of banking and financial markets leaders surveyed cite […]
New crop insurance options being considered for market gardens
“We have spent a lot of time with the government working on a risk mitigation and hail insurance program for market gardeners,” explained Staples. “There really isn’t an effective program in the province right now.” Market gardens, U Picks, apiaries and other niche agricultural operations often have trouble finding the […]
Banks prefer govt bonds to private sector lending
Banks with surplus funds in Bangladesh are increasingly preferring government securities to lending to the private sector as the former gives higher yields amid the continued interest rate cap. Excess liquidity totalled Tk 189,910 crore in July, down 7 per cent a month before and 15 per cent year-on-year, data […]
Achieve profitable growth in e-commerce
For consumer goods companies in Europe, e-commerce has gone from a growth opportunity to an imperative. Success rests on an organization’s ability to push beyond traditional approaches and innovate. Over the past two years, more-advanced players in mature categories (such as fashion and accessories, beauty, […]
UK suffering ‘drama discount’ on business investment
A contender for the greatest of financial commentary clichés is the insight that markets do not like uncertainty. Here’s a variant: businesses do not like drama. This, like its markets forefather, is obvious. But it is worth saying given that UK policy since the Brexit vote has had more theatrical […]
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Psst. While you’re here, have you thought about getting on our newsletter? No? Alright. Big 4 Average income of Deloitte’s partners in UK and Switzerland tops £1m [The Guardian]Partners at Deloitte in the UK and Switzerland will receive an average income of more than £1m each for the second year […]
Hurricane Ian is a reminder for all homeowners to check insurance
A man walks through the debris on a street in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Punta Gorda, Florida. Ricardo Arduengo | Afp | Getty Images If you’re far from the destruction caused by Hurricane Ian in Florida, you may be thanking your lucky stars that your home wasn’t in […]
Selecting The Right Investment Bankers For A Micro-Cap IPO
A key component in the initial public offering (IPO) journey is finding the right investment bank and investment banking team in the micro-cap community. Going public and ultimately operating as a public company requires you to establish relationships with a group of specialized financial institutions with expertise in the micro-cap […]