My Kind of Travel

Do incentive travel programmes offer a return on investment or are you just offering a free holiday to employees? Do staff prefer them to a pay rise? Will it add to your bottom line?  The answer to all these questions is yes, as long as you pick the best location…

The Great Transition

There has been a staggering fall in the price of solar and wind power in the last decade, alongside a call for climate action, leading to a rapid expansion of these technologies. Global demand for energy is on the rise, and as consumption increases our dependence on carbon-emitting fossil…

Hypersonic Air Travel Revolution

Europe to Australia in under five hours? Engineers at UK-based Reaction Engines who are working on a system to enable hypersonic air travel say that they have passed a significant development milestone. A key element of their SABRE air-breathing rocket engine – the precooler component – has successfully…

Tech Unicorns Test the Market

Potential investors in tech IPOs this year would be well advised to exercise caution After years of raising money on the private markets, a number of tech companies are diving into the public markets in 2019. We recently had the IPO of ride-hailing service Lyft, which raised more than $2bn,…