EU Exit Talks On Monday (7th December) it was revealed that PM Johnson would be travelling to Brussels to meet von der Leyen in person. This comes after the two leaders spoke on the phone for over an hour but were unable to come to an agreement. Britain has also offered to drop key clauses from the internal markets bill in a bid to encourage a deal to be reached. An ...
Read MoreElsa Bernadotte, co-founder of Karma One-third of all food produced is thrown away annually, resulting in 1.3 billion tonnes of waste worldwide. Karma enables rescuing unsold meals. Since it’s founding, Karma, in part spearheaded by Elsa Bernadotte, has taken on a role of educating and re-evaluating the food industry. With digital transformation, speaking to a broad spectrum of consumers, producers and enablers, Elsa solidly represents a new generation of thoughtleaders. How ...
Read MoreBrexit Talks The 15th of October deadline for Brexit talks to be completed, set by PM Johnson, has been completely missed due to numerous negotiation sticking points remaining. If a trade deal is not reached then trade between the UK and EU will not cease once we enter 2021. However, the Johnson Government would come under heavy political criticism from many supporters of a hard-Brexit as the UK would have lost ...
Read MoreSupply Chains Reimagined – A discussion in light of Covid-19 and other disruptive events in the world
Supply chain diversification has been an issue of interest for some time due to the movement around the world. Many of the changes we are seeing today started some time ago. Now, companies are becoming more cognisant of weaknesses in their supply chain. As businesses assess their operational capacity for recovery in order to recalibrate during and post pandemic, it is crucial to take a holistic view and understand the ...
Read MoreBritish Advertising The UK’s popular commercialised Christmas season has already begun with a forecasted £6.2bn advertising extravaganza expected during this quarter. However, this represents a 10.5% fall in expenditure compared to last year and depicts dramatic changes in the way businesses have been looking to spend. Unsurprisingly, the cinema advertising market is expected to see a substantial 66.1% decline in advertising spending in Q4 and Out Of Home (OOH) marketing (such ...
Read MoreDigitalisation: A Business Imperative With Mats Agervi of Combient Mats Agervi is the CEO of Combient: a business specialist in AI and open innovation. Combient works to tackle automation changes, help make better use of data AI and develop machine learning. Today, Combient is a network featuring 29 large enterprises, generating over £120bn in revenue and employs around 700,000 people across the globe. Digitalisation We are living in a world of increasing uncertainty and complexity. ...
Read MoreOn Innovation, as a necessity to survive through and thrive beyond the pandemic With Ragnar Agnell, of Centigo, and Peter Nilsson, of SAAB Ragnar Agnell is a Senior Adviser, Founder and Director of Centigo UK which is a pioneer in network based leadership. Ragnar has a consultancy background with Accenture but has also experience with telecom and technology. Peter Nilsson offers his expertise on innovation which has famously been built into SAAB’s organisational ...
Read MoreTo access a recording of this event, click here. Annika Winsth has been with Nordea since 1995, and has been Chief Economist since December 2008. She is also a member of the board at the Institute for Futures Studies. In 2012 she was awarded Swedish banking personality of the year by the Swedish business magazine Privata affärer. Annika will provide a financial forecast from a macroeconomic perspective. Date: 29 October 2020 Time: 10.00 - ...
Read MoreTo access a recording of this webinar, please click here. EU Exit Readiness check for SMEs With Jonny Boström, of Structure Finder, and Johan Aurén, of Accountum Structure Finder are a business enabler who support international businesses with their compliance in Sweden. Accountum help Swedish businesses set-up in the UK providing end-to-end accounting and tax advice. Services If you sell services to the UK this will have an impact upon your VAT registration once the ...
Read MoreTo watch a recording of this event, click here. The EU Exit Endgame With Henrik von Sydow, of Carnegie Private Banking, and Erik Lagerlöf, of Advokatfirman Vinge & Stockholm School of Economics Henrik von Sydow: Every day we ask ourselves 3 questions: What happens in the world? What kind of future can we believe in? What should we invest in? October has seen a more intense progression of discussions on Brexit which means fewer people ...
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