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Alcatel's UK & IRE Country Director William Paterson on the Future of Smartphones

September 30, 2020

You’ve recently increased your activity in the world of B2B with the Alcatel brand. What drove that move and how is it going? B2B is an area we’ve always worked in Alcatel; however, the current climate has made us rethink our focus. We’ve primarily been a consumer-driven brand, however, with COVID-19 impacting retail as heavily […]

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Jayne-Anne Gadhia: “If We Hold Women Back, We Hold the Economy Back”

September 30, 2020

Earlier this year, in the midst of a global pandemic, Gadhia founded her own FinTech startup Snoop – a free app which connects all your bank accounts and credit cards, tracking your spending and spotting smart ways which can help you can save money. We hear all about it below. What inspired you to start […]

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Why EQ is Just as Valuable as IQ

September 30, 2020

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 […]

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US vs. China: A Technology Cold War

September 30, 2020

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 […]

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How Gymshark Disrupted the Fitness Industry

August 28, 2020

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 […]

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Integrity at Work During a Global Pandemic

August 28, 2020

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, […]

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The Brands that Will Rule the Post-COVID World

August 28, 2020

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.

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The Companies Thriving Amid the Pandemic

July 31, 2020

There hasn’t been a more chaotic time, on a global scale, than the past six months, as we all adapted to life in a pandemic. But, with this chaos has come opportunity and while thousands of businesses have suffered in the crisis, there are some, both big and small, that have grown, pivoted, developed and […]

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The Top Countries and Markets for Investors and Traders in 2020

July 10, 2020

As investors get a handle on the changing economic landscape, those who are prudent will be looking into which country has the best market for investment this year. Here we highlight 5 countries whose markets are offering the best prospects for investors in 2020.

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Is Sustainable Investment Becoming ‘the New Normal’?

July 1, 2020

In these extraordinary times, there simply seems to be no other way of describing the crisis. The other overused cliche is of course ‘the new normal’. A broad-brush stroke claim about new behaviour that has now been established, shattering past certainties. But as economies start to reopen, how much real change are we likely to […]

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Welcome to the Sustainable Revolution: How are Luxury Brands Becoming More Sustainable?

June 11, 2020

And although luxury brands have an advantage over fast-fashion retailers because their products are items that you’d keep in your collection for years to come, they shouldn’t ignore the growing trend towards sustainable and conscious products. Millennials and Gen Z consumers, who are currently driving 85% of global luxury sales growth, are actively making changes […]

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The Secret Behind TikTok’s Rapid Growth

May 29, 2020

While giants like Instagram, Facebook and Twitter remain relevant in the ever-evolving social media space, a new contender has entered the arena to a great welcome, especially amongst Gen Zs - TikTok. Founded in 2017 by its Chinese parent company ByteDance, TikTok is a video-sharing app that has been downloaded more than 2 billion times […]

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