Why we should be both scared and excited about artificial intelligence
It’s fitting that billionaire Mark Cuban thinks artificial intelligence will produce the world’s first trillionaire, given the tech will displace millions of workers.
Why I enrolled in the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses programme
While not based in a sector you’d traditionally associate with an accelerator programme, John Savage explains why Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses felt right for him.
Has crowdfunding become a global engine of job creation by seed funding innovation?
New data released next week, which Real Business has been granted early access to, will show that a global surge in innovation is being powered by seed funding from the crowd.
Britain is India’s largest G20 investor and employer
The CBI claimed the UK has remained India's largest G20 investor between 2000 and 2015, despite foreign direct investment (FDI) falling behind countries such as the US, Japan and the Netherlands.
Food manufacturers serve up thousands of new jobs due to global growth expectations
According to a new study of alcohol, fresh produce, food and drink producers by Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking – called "Investing for Growth" – English and Welsh food manufacturers are already cooking up recipes for growth both home and abroad.
Are machines destroying our job prospects? Apparently not
The battle between man and machines goes back centuries. Are they taking our jobs? Or are they merely easing our workload? Paul Hennin, director of marketing at Aerohive Networks, believes that it is the latter.
Green shoots for SMEs: Scottish businesses key to boosting renewable energy projects
It is not just Labour leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn who is reviving the language of the left and raising the banner of nationalisation this summer. The Scottish Green Party has that Scottish SMEs can play a pivotal role in boosting renewable energy projects if the oil industry is wrenched from private control.
The new flowers of Scotland: University of Edinburgh’s record number of spin-out ventures
The main focus at this time of year in Edinburgh is usually on the comedians, actors and magicians at the Scottish capital’s annual festival. But another stunning performance has come from the bright entrepreneurial minds at the University of Edinburgh, which has seen a record number of companies being formed on campus in the last 12 months.
British investment has biggest international impact on US economy, says CBI
The CBI’s annual “Sterling Assets” report, which was launched on president Barack Obama’s 54th birthday, affirmed that the UK was America's largest foreign investor.
Regional Growth Fund to boost finance for growing businesses
The half a billion pounds of investment on offer will help to rebalance the economy by supporting 102 different projects and programmes from all sectors, small businesses and local partnerships across England.
Why jobs are still being created, while the economy shrinks
A perspective from the frontline of the financial recruitment sector.