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Can alternative finance help build a better economy?
A new report into the UK’s burgeoning alternative finance industry is calling on the Government to underwrite consumers’ investments in the sector in a bid to encourage wider participation.
The future of financial services in Europe
Europe faces a decade of low growth, rising inequality in income and wealth, and decline or stagnation in workers’ wages, according to new research findings.
The benefits of worker co-operatives
New research has identified the benefits of taking things into your own hands and starting a worker co-operative.
Digital design to boost pharmaceutical industry
University of Leeds researchers are part of a project to transform the UK’s pharmaceutical industry by introducing new digital design processes.
Franchising route to international success for UK retailers
BRITISH retailers are missing out on opportunities for growth overseas and should use franchising to expand into emerging markets, a new report has found.