Mansions, palaces, hotels and entire villages have been abandoned across Europe as economic recessions force more and more people to large cities, and increasing numbers of childless owners pass away ...

Though the budget carrier revolution changed the face of travel, Ryanair’s dire reputation has shown that relying on low cost as the sole business and marketing model is no longer enough. Now the ...

Revolutionary human resource management has once again seen Google named the world’s best employer. How, asks Elizabeth Matsangou, is the tech powerhouse so good at recruiting talent and nurturing ...

The investigation into Ricardo Salgado’s allegedly fraudulent activities has put Portugal’s economic future at stake Today, 70-year-old Ricardo Salgado is forbidden from leaving Portugal. He is under ...

Paul Polman took the reins at Unilever during one of the most precarious periods in the company’s 150-year history. It was during the aftermath of the financial crisis that the Dutch businessman ...

Taxes are said to be one of life’s two certainties. They provide a vital contribution to state revenues and can help discourage citizens from doing harmful things, like smoking or eating too much junk ...

With organisations to run and big orders to fill, it’s easy to see how some CEOs inadvertently sacrifice quality for quantity. By integrating a system of total quality management it’s possible to have ...

Last year, Teva France faced a pharmaceutical firm’s worst nightmare when it was accused of causing deaths across the country. Amid the media storm CEO Erick Roche led from the front to save the ...

Personality tests have become a staple in the corporate hiring process. Do these tests provide helpful indicators, asks Courtney Goldsmith, or should businesses base tough decisions on more ...

It’s 500 years on and we’re still no closer to understanding the personal circumstances that inspired Hieronymus Bosch’s often-macabre visualisations of the strange, the biblical and the mundane. As ...

In recent years, two big names in the grocery business have been making gains at the expense of almost all rivals. German supermarket chains Aldi and Lidl have made a massive success of their low-cost ...

Over the past decade, the eurozone has struggled to wash its hands of dirty money. As a result, money laundering has become a global concern that requires a major solution With greater instances of ...