Climate change faces unsettled future
With the Trump presidency turning its back on the complexities of climate change, China flags it is ready to take the lead, Geoff Kitney writes Key figures in the international coalition working…
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One step at a time The DNA of success
Change management specialist Dave Rawlings poses the question. Have you lost the ability to try new ingredients and different methods? In his book The Greatest Show on Earth, Richard Dawkins explains in…
Tax break – but not for Scotland’s middle class
… but university education, concessionary travel, pharmaceutical prescriptions and personal care are still free, writes Murray Ritchie. For the first time the United Kingdom has different rates of income tax in Scotland…
World trade order a new work in progress
United States President Donald Trump will find that negotiating new trade deals is a much more difficult process than dumping existing deals, Geoff Kitney writes. It has been said that if you ask 20…
UPDATE: Trading in the Trump era
Major multilateral free trade agreements – existing, proposed and in doubt in the era of the Trump Presidency – compiled by Geoff Kitney. Doha Development Round of World Trade Negotiations 164 countries…
University applications in decline
The number of people applying to become nurses in England has dropped dramatically, Aban Contractor writes. Fewer people applied to study at United Kingdom higher education institutions in the 2017 academic year,…
Special relationships and trade rarely mix
Sources in trade diplomacy have been asked by consultants hired by the British Government to search internationally for experienced trade negotiators, Chief-Exec.com has been told. As the hard realities of the consequences…
French socialists select Hamon to carry the flag
John Egan reporting from Paris. Once again it seems that the status quo is a poisoned recipe in politics. Another election has seen a candidate with policies that not so long ago…
Four charts, two scenarios and a dilemma
UK Prime Minister Theresa May could find herself on the horns of a dilemma She has a problem. To quell the unrest that led to the Brexit vote she needs to address…
Universities need numbers to add up after Brexit
It really is all about the numbers, whether it be funding for ground breaking – often life saving – research, undergraduate or postgraduate students or engaging with emerging markets. The scale of…