With the rise of social networks, it is easier than ever for companies to attract negative publicity. The reputation management industry has been created to give businesses more control over how they ...

Revolutionary human resource management has once again seen Google named the world’s best employer. How, asks Elizabeth Matsangou, is the tech powerhouse so good at recruiting talent and nurturing ...

“There are a lot of business opportunities in Nigeria,” claims Alfred Ayotunde Jagun, CEO of Nigerian-owned Stag Engineering. “Especially in Nigeria’s thriving engineering sector, in which Stag ...

With organisations to run and big orders to fill, it’s easy to see how some CEOs inadvertently sacrifice quality for quantity. By integrating a system of total quality management it’s possible to have ...

The Vatican’s ultra-secretive culture and dubious financial dealings have frequently mired it in scandal. We chart the most memorable The Vatican’s finances have long been shrouded in mystery, but its ...

US titans Cargill and Goldman Sachs have been found guilty of tax avoidance and subsequently handed a £79m (€89m) bill. The case, which is one of the largest corporation tax triumphs for HM Revenue ...

There is plenty of discussion as to whether the US or China will end up dominating the economy of the future. To become a part of the conversation, Europe will need to make up for its long-standing ...

It’s 500 years on and we’re still no closer to understanding the personal circumstances that inspired Hieronymus Bosch’s often-macabre visualisations of the strange, the biblical and the mundane. As ...

Perhaps we have finally reached that point – the moment of clarity in which we realise our relentless accumulation of things is not actually as satisfying as we once believed it to be. Ingrained in us ...

In recent years, two big names in the grocery business have been making gains at the expense of almost all rivals. German supermarket chains Aldi and Lidl have made a massive success of their low-cost ...

Hardly a day goes by where the world isn’t rattled by the shockwaves of a geopolitical or ethical crisis. Times are uncertain, and we are more connected to the chaos than ever. Millennials and ...

Mansions, palaces, hotels and entire villages have been abandoned across Europe as economic recessions force more and more people to large cities, and increasing numbers of childless owners pass away ...