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Five business trends that will impact the AEC industry in 2022 and beyond [Column]
The end of 2021 is approaching and AEC firms are focusing their attention to new opportunities in 2022. AEC firms are looking to grow while dealing with the challenges that coincide with today’s hybrid workforce, working with dissimilar…
Tourism industry will support recovery: Koya
Fiji’s economic recovery in 2022 will primarily be supported by the recommencement of tourism and its positive spillover effect on other sectors.
Minister for Trade and Commerce, Faiyaz Koya highlights the future is always uncertain,…
Kuwait witnessed increase in pricing in some real estate sectors in 2021
KUWAIT - Prices of housing real-estates in Kuwait rose last year, where investors focused on Kuwaitis' residential areas dealing in uninhabited plots of land, capitalizing on government subsidies and transforming residential units into…
Explained | What are the head and tailwinds in the economy?
In which sectors has the recovery gained momentum? What needs to be done to sustain growth?
The story so far: For India, the year gone by has been about rebuilding from the ravages of 2020 amid the COVID-19 storm which had pushed the…
Dragons’ Den star launches business to help public companies attract investment
New Dragons' Den star Steven Bartlett has launched a business venture with a former managing director of Social Chain. Mr Bartlett has partnered with Oliver Yonchev to launch Flight Story which they have described as a "world first…
Funding of care homes isn’t meant to be exciting – or labyrinthine | Nils Pratley
It’s a shame that Jeremy Hunt, health secretary from 2012 to 2018, didn’t propose an inquiry into private equity-style funding models in the care home sector when he had the power to command one. An investigation would have been a good…
In Vietnam, ‘feeding the police’ just a cost of doing business
Hanoi, Vietnam – When Ngan saw a police car passing by her coffee shop in Hanoi’s Old Quarter on a recent afternoon, she hurriedly grabbed the chairs cluttering the pavement and brought them inside.
After the police passed out of sight…
Concerns raised by council and business leaders over further restrictions after Christmas
Council and business leaders in Nottinghamshire say the country cannot afford another lockdown and ‘bailing out businesses’ is not a long-term solution to the problem.Cllr Simon Robinson said hundreds of businesses in the hospitality and…
UK National Security and Investment Act: Impact on M&A
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
The UK National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA) came into force on 4 January 2022. It significantly enhances…