What I expected to be a standard meeting ended up being a pivotal moment in my career. I’d never considered that how I look - I’m a six-foot-plus Scot - impacts how people see me; it turns out appearances can be intimidating. That one remark brought into sharp focus my perception of myself as an […]
When did you know you wanted to launch your businesses? What inspired you? The first business, SHREDDY, was launched less intentionally than my second, TALA. I wanted to help simplify people’s fitness journeys and create products that helped make what can be a daunting, confusing process a lot easier. I was in my first year […]
Pro-democracy protests and a national security law have brought attention and uncertainty to Hong Kong while at the same time the US is banning or seeking the forced sale of Chinese companies operating in the US, like Huawei and now TikTok (a video sharing app owned by China’s ByteDance). Even more recently, some imports from […]
Created in 2012, Ethique is the first lifestyle brand in the world to develop an entirely plastic-free solid product range. All of their solid bars are 100% plastic-free, certified palm oil-free, vegan and cruelty-free and packaged in certified compostable packaging. Ethique’s ingredients are all naturally derived, sustainably sourced and fairly traded (so their suppliers are paid a […]
To commemorate her life and outstanding contribution to today’s society, we’ve collected some of her wisest words we should all live by. On having a real impact. “Fight for the things you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” -Speaking at Harvard Law School, 2015 […]
Laucala Island Resort Hilltop Estate Fiji The holiday home of Dietrich Mateschitz, the owner of Red Bull, is set amidst coconut plantations, white-sand beaches and lush mountains on Laucala Island in the Koro Sea in Fiji and a stay at the Hilltop Estate is definitely something worth adding to your bucket list! Equipped with 1,200 square metres of living […]
It all started in 2012 when the Founder of sportswear brand Gymshark, Ben Francis, asked his mother to teach him how to use a sewing machine, so he could make vests and t-shirts him and his friends could wear to the gym. Fast forward eight years, and today, Ben’s company Gymshark has joined the list […]
To hear about integrity in our new business environment, we reached out to Rodney Peyton OBE MD – an accomplished trauma surgeon, who has been at the vanguard of initiatives to promote integrity in surgical practice throughout the ‘troubles’ in Northern Ireland, and also as an international tutor for the College of Surgeons of England, […]
The crisis has placed a huge financial burden on companies threatening to undo the good investment of recent years. The economic hit to the UK so far has been estimated at £192 billion by the OBR, with the figure reaching £7.7tn globally (Asian Development Bank). This huge downturn in the economy has hammered the budgets […]
It’s still too early to say what shape the recovery will be, but what is emerging from the fog of the pandemic/recession mash-up are ambitious brands moving beyond the virtue-signalling of “we’re all in this together” to begin positioning for a post-COVID world. In doing so, they’re placing bets on what our lives will look and feel like in the future.
Private air travel is not a luxury for business executives; it is a necessity. Travelling via a business jet saves your company time, and by extension, money. Private air travel also affords company leaders the privacy that is necessary to conduct confidential business during periods of travel. Commercial airlines can’t come close to fulfilling that […]
As lockdown travel restrictions began to ease, you’ve seen a 321% increase in European private jet enquiries in June compared to the same month last year. How are you managing this increased interest in private travel? Before the pandemic crisis hit, global private travel had been steadily growing. In our last financial year, we recorded […]
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