Student accommodation is big business – but confused regulation leaves students vulnerable

Feb 03, 2020 12:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business

Purpose-built student accommodation has been growing in the UK for some time and has now become a mainstream investment thanks to the steady income it provides. As a result, private companies, financed by both overseas...

How Boeing's new boss could rebuild the firm's damaged reputation

Feb 03, 2020 12:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business

Boeing expects the economic cost of its two fatal plane crashes to be as high as US$19 billion, and has confirmed its first annual loss in 20 years. As well as losing US$636m in 2019, the company also said goodbye to its...

The coronavirus is hitting the tourism and travel sector hard

Feb 03, 2020 12:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Business

The spread of infectious diseases is invariably linked to travel. Today, tourism is a huge global business that accounts for 10.4 per cent of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 10 per cent of global...

Domino effect as more states join the sports betting bonanza

Feb 03, 2020 07:45 am UTC| Business

When the US Supreme Court ruled last year to strike down a 1992 Federal Law and thereby to allow each state to make its own mind up about sports betting, everyone understood that the decision was a significant one. But few...

Vinyl Revival: 4 Reasons Vinyl Made a Comeback

Feb 03, 2020 07:43 am UTC| Business

A lot of us have not yet realized it, but vinyl is actually coming back again. Many may argue that vinyl never really left the scene for them anyway, but we are not discussing a niche, secluded market of collectors here,...

This is How You Should Store a Wine to Make it Last for a Long Time

Feb 03, 2020 05:52 am UTC| Business

If you have taken an interest, or you have started your wine collection, then you may have run into an issue that has always been the problem of the connoisseurs for centuries: properly storing wine. Knowing how to...

Trends In Mobile Businesses You Shouldn't Ignore

Feb 03, 2020 05:49 am UTC| Business

Every business needs to be mobile nowadays. And why not? Almost every consumer is going mobile, from news reading to studying, shopping, health and fitness, social media, and a lot more. When it comes to mobile businesses,...