A £10 million investment will link UK institutions to provide intelligence and research to help create products and services to combat climate change.
Fewer people are travelling home for the country’s largest annual holiday. Workers who continue working will help ease the export backlog, but the global supply chain disruption is expected to persist.
The US retail giant’s people investment in the UK comes as 200,000 retail jobs are expected to be cut this year, following 177,000 job losses in 2020.
The prospects of reforming international corporate taxation have increased, but the road ahead is uncertain, as was evident at the 11th meeting of the OECD/G20 inclusive framework on 27 and 28 January.
The World Economic Forum’s 2021 global risks report highlights short- to long-term threats. Finance teams have an opportunity to lead the charge in managing emerging risks.
