Business & Industry
Global Business 2026
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Resilience is the new operating model
For the past three decades, most global organisations have been built for efficiency. That model is now under strain as the nature of risk itself is changing. Geopolitical disruption, economic fragmentation and rising physical risks due to the changing environment are no longer sporadic or isolated. Local shocks, such as extreme weather or infrastructure issues,...
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Supply chains must adapt to constant disruption
From tariffs to geopolitical shocks, volatility is no longer an exception but the operating environment for global trade. Volatility has become the new baseline for global supply chains. Across regions, supply networks are reshaping amid disparate forces. Tariff policies continue evolving, often in different directions at once. Recent adjustments to metals tariffs, for example, have...
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True resilience demands sustainable operations
Transforming your complex supply network into an ethical, transparent ecosystem is no longer just a defensive compliance exercise; it is the modern engine of true corporate stability. When organisations align their environmental and social stewardship with core business goals, they unlock innovative circular workflows that actively mitigate resource scarcity and transform volatile vulnerabilities into predictable...
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El Niño is reshaping trade policy
As a stronger El Niño arrives, AI forecasting and compute power are rewriting global trade and governance. El Niño is back. The WMO confirmed a clear shift in the equatorial Pacific, with sea-surface temperatures rising rapidly and high confidence in the onset of El Niño and further intensification. Some forecasters have drawn comparisons to...
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Is technology adoption the missing link in Britain’s productivity puzzle?
Productivity growth is a major engine of long-term economic prosperity in high-income places. Yet, debates about reviving UK productivity often focus too much on breakthrough innovation and too little on helping businesses adopt existing technologies. For SMEs, the issue is not inventing the next big technology. It is knowing which technologies are worth investing in,...
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Protecting the lifeline of global trade
Geopolitical tensions highlight the vital role of shipping and seafarers. Shipping has always shown remarkable resilience in the face of global crises. Throughout every major challenge, ships and the people who operate them kept the world moving. During the COVID‑19 pandemic, when much of the world came to a standstill, seafarers continued working tirelessly to ensure that essential goods reached every...
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Why ‘the human touch’ is the beating heart of the logistics sector
Logistics businesses are only as good as the people who work in them. It’s why one company is nurturing its employees with more meaningful interactions and strategies. Ask any manager to name the most important part of their business, and chances are they’ll say “our people.” But this manager really means it. Human beings, Chris Roe insists, are...
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How to support employees’ financial wellbeing
Pay cycles haven’t kept pace with how people actually live. One platform is changing that, giving employees access to wages they’ve already earned. For many UK workers, the gap between earning and getting paid carries a real financial cost. According to LiveCareer’s 2025 research,1 40% of UK workers experience financial stress weekly — and 18%...