Price falls, red tape curb demand from businesses for German energy subsidy
Take-up by German companies of a government scheme to help with energy costs this winter is likely to be lower than projected due to falling spot prices for gas and…
At COP15, businesses urged to act for nature
Widely blamed for ravaging Earth’s ecosystems, big businesses are nevertheless being turned to as key players in a deal to save nature at the COP15 biodiversity conference. With hundreds of…
Big businesses must rise to the occasion
Pakistan has two primary and permanent bases of power, no matter which political party may control the reigns. Power of one institution is well-established in both public and private imagination,…
Managing inventories a pandemic headache for US businesses
More than two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, American businesses are still struggling to manage their inventories in a feast-or-famine cycle caused by fickle consumer demand. “We have way too…
Pakistan’s taxation regime discourages self-employment and small businesses
Pakistan’s tax policy discourages individuals from self-employment or running small businesses. While salaried individuals get taxed at 35 percent tax only above an annual taxable income of Rs 75 million,…
Hope for businesses
Businesses in Pakistan faced some ‘unforeseeable circumstances’ due to the disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. This unfortunate reality calls for tough discussions regarding business operations. The country needs a…
Grim holiday tidings as Paris businesses count cost of riots
President Emmanuel Macron was elected on a promise to burnish France's image on the global stage, but as shops and hotels counted the costs Monday of rioting over the weekend,…
China’s foreigner ban leaves global businesses in limbo
China’s coronavirus travel ban is wreaking havoc among foreign companies and international schools, with many fearing for their future as executives, teachers and students are left stranded in their home…
Significant legal reform for businesses
“Time is Money” is a phrase well known to the business world. It first originated in an essay titled “Advice to Young Tradesman” by Benjamin Franklin in 1748. So, if…
Small businesses facing huge setbacks from blocked shipments, price hikes
Wayne Sosin of Worksman Cycles says he has tried everything since the pandemic began to find a way to make and deliver his bikes. He has been looking for a…
