Industry

Brian Benjamin, the Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi, is currently under investigation for alleged campaign finance fraud. The probe is looking into his business dealings with a wealthy Jackson-area politician. Lieutenant Governor of the State of M...

Bad news, what’s coming could be even worse ... For years, Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) format was required to rank in the Google News carousel. No more! Google introduces ‘Core Web Vitals’ to replace the former. AMP has not disappeared...

The BBC is facing a backlash after it sacked its head of diversity and gender diversity, Kamal Ahmed, and appointed an all-white board that breaches its diversity rules. The board of the BBC News Group has been reduced from 11 to eight members,...

Australian coal exports to China have been officially blocked for the first time, and import restrictions are expected to shake up the $14 billion export industry. The decision, taken by China's National Development and Reform Commission and reported...

In a world of innovations and rapidly changing technology, the importance of the internet cannot be overemphasized. It is still quite appalling that with all the advancements in technology, more than half of the world is still unconnected to the inte...

July 10, 2019 Heineken-owned Star Pubs & Bars is set to be investigated over suspicions it imposed improper terms on the owners of the pubs in relation to cutting the ‘beer tie’. A ‘beer tie’ means these tenants and owners are legally obligated t...

July 10, 2019 British Airways is set to be fined a record £183m after a breach saw over half a million of its customer’s personal data exposed. The breach, as described by The Information Commissioner’s Office, was first disclosed on September 6, 201...

A $15 billion deal to supply Israeli natural gas to Egypt has been criticised as poor value by one of the country’s top investment banks. Under the terms of the deal, Israel’s Delek Drilling will export natural gas to Egypt for 10 years. The gas deal...

Tension has been building following the US decision to withdraw from their nuclear deal with Iran last year. However, in recent months this tension has turned into threats. Washington has refused to extend sanction waivers for Iranian oil, which has ...

In recent years Japan has been hit with a social and economic crisis. With an ageing population, deflation and a huge level of national debt. One of the major areas that has been hit by these issues is the unskilled labour force. In industries such a...

Back in September 2017, Amazon ‘kicked off a continent-wide competition by announcing a search for a second headquarters’. It’s now 14 months later and Amazon have a winner, well actually 2 winners. They have announced that they will build two new co...

In the context of cryptocurrency mining, a mining pool is the pooling of resources by miners, who share their processing power over a network, to split the reward equally, according to the amount of work they contributed to the probability of finding...

Caitlin Young is one of millions of teenagers and 20-somethings who are shaking up the fashion industry by digging out their parents’ cast-offs, raiding charity shops and scanning boot sales to build mini businesses online. Young picks up 1990s and “...

Ralf Speth, the boss of Jaguar Land Rover, said that such an outcome would lead to the closure of plants and major job losses as he warned that some exposed industries would have “no way to survive a hard Brexit”. His stark intervention comes as Down...

The Ryanair chief executive, Michael O’Leary, said he expected more airlines to go bust as the budget carrier posted a 7% drop in profits because of rising fuel prices and strikes hitting costs and bookings. O’Leary predicted a grim winter for the av...

Tesco Bank has been fined £16.4 million by the City watchdog following a major cyber-attack in 2016. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said the fine was due to Tesco Bank having failed to “exercise due skill, care and diligence in protecting its ...

Amazon employees jump for joy when they hear the news that their minimum wage will rise up to $15 an hour beginning from the start of November. Amazon just signalled that it's preparing for retail's so-called "war for talent." While CEO Jeff Bezos im...

Oil prices slumped Wednesday after Beijing announced it would retaliate against the Trump administration with a 25% tariff on another $16 billion worth of US products, including crude exports to China. The announcement came after the Trump administra...

A new report has shed light on the state of the longevity industry in the UK detailing the history, present state and future of the industry in the United Kingdom. The report uses comprehensive infographics to distill the report's data and conclusion...

Manchester has slowly taken the shape of a city that attracts casino aficionados from across the UK and the world. The city is home to a mesmerizing array of land-based casinos including the glittering Grosvenor Casino Soames and Genting Casinos. Loc...

China is seeting increased exports desite the ongoing trade war with the US with reports indicating that exports from China surged more than expected in July. U.S. President Donald Trump is putting increased pressure on Beijing to negotiate trade con...

Pacific Oil & Gas is an independent energy development resources company with the aim and vision to become the leader in the independent energy resources market in Asia. When the founder, Sukanto Tanoto, established Pacific Ocean in 2003 he made ...

The global travel and tourism industry is set to register an average 3.9% growth every year over the next 10 years according to a recently released report by the World Travel & Tourism Council. The newly released SAGE International Encyclopedia o...