The Art of the Meeting
We spend hours in meetings at work so what can we do to love them more? Tanya Beckett looks at the art of the meeting and asks how can we make them more productive & enjoyable. How do you deal with th...
12 Maj 201728min
Rebooting Rural Russia
The Kremlin has been flexing economic and political muscles on the world stage but the Russian economy is struggling to keep up. Plunging oil prices, U.S. and European sanctions over Ukraine and milit...
6 Maj 201728min
The Big Fat Greek Struggle
How have private businesses fared in Greece since the crisis began? The economy has shrunk by nearly a third and unemployment has soared. So what have companies had to do to survive? And have any mana...
29 Apr 201727min
From Ex-Offender to Entrepreneur
The number of women in prison globally is rapidly increasing. The Institute for Criminal Policy Research has calculated that between 2000 and 2015, the female prison population around the world grew b...
22 Apr 201727min
In Business: Northern Ireland and Brexit
Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with the European Union. It voted to stay in the EU in last year’s referendum. Tens of thousands cross between Northern Ireland an...
15 Apr 201727min
In Business: Why are the French so productive?
Productivity, or the lack of it, is one of the great puzzles of the British economy at the moment.Productivity is not about how hard we work, but how much value we get for each hour of graft. And the ...
8 Apr 201727min
Mexican remittances on the rise
Why are Mexicans working abroad sending more money back home? Last year total remittance payments for Mexico reached a record of nearly $27bn – most of that came from Mexicans working in the United St...
1 Apr 201726min
Denmark's Wind Power Progress
Denmark is on course to generate 50% of its electricity from wind power in the next three years. The move towards clean energy and self sufficiency stands in stark contrast to the situation the countr...
25 Mars 201726min
