Hertford-based haulage company, Matthews Haulage, has announced that it has formed a Limited Liability Partnership to ease its driver shortage. With Brexit drastically halting recruitment from the EU, the pandemic causing a massive backlog of driving tests leading many drivers and staff members to quit the
PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS The political season is upon us. As in all national elections, everyone's distracted by it. Trolling, black propaganda, partisan mudslinging, backstabbing, and all the negatives of self-serving politics are overpowering
FREEPIK WHEN he stunned the Glasgow climate conference by committing India to achieving net-zero emissions by 2070, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a crucial caveat. Without the "transfer of climate finance and low-cost
"Blackout economics" is the improper allocation of limited resources that leads to blackouts and power outages. I created this phrase and its definition in this column's piece on June 14 (https://www.bworldonline.com/ten-indicators-of-blackout-economics/). The first example of blackout economics in the Philippines was the killing of the Bataan
COP26, the recently concluded UN climate change conference in Glasgow, marked a critical turning point in global politics. From now on, the issue of climate justice will be unavoidable for rich countries. The Glasgow
PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS GLASGOW -- Its ambition was clear: the U.N. climate summit was meant to secure a deal to give the world a chance to avert the worst impacts of climate change
REUTERS CHINA has linked the coronavirus outbreak in Dalian, a major port city that has become the country's latest hotspot, to cold-chain foods and authorities are stepping up scrutiny of imported products. The northeastern city
REUTERS TOKYO -- Japan's economy contracted much faster than expected in the third quarter as global supply disruptions hit exports and business spending plans and fresh coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases soured the consumer
HMRC has invested in 37,624 laptops, tablets and phones in the last 12 months, and a grand total of 45,704 devices since October 2019, which was shortly before Covid-19 began and widespread remote working was introduced. This is according to new data retrieved via the Freedom
Cineworld, the world's second-largest cinema chain, has reported that revenue has topped pre-pandemic levels in the UK and Ireland thanks to an "excellent slate of movies". The company, which was heavily criticised by staff at the height of the public health emergency when it closed down
From "Dirty Scrabble" dating to children's board game afternoons, fans of living room games are taking their love affair into the real world as the desire for a digital detox and post-pandemic catch-up with friends and family fuels a boom in events. In the weeks after
WASHINGTON -- US President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.'s economic advisers defended his policies on Sunday amid rising inflation that they said was a global issue related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic,