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Brexit-related stockpiling is driving up the cost of short-term space in UK warehouses, as companies across the country guard against a no-deal outcome that could cause gridlock at ports and chaos in cross-border trade.

Many businesses, especially smaller ones, have been reluctant to commit resources to costly contingency plans that might prove unnecessary. That is starting to change, with companies of all sizes and in all s...

Bigbasket’s founder V S Sudhakar said his company was reengineering its supply chain to allow for faster delivery to its resellers and to reduce the time from farm to customer.

Mirae Asset-Naver Asia Growth Fund (Mirae-Naver), a leading investor operating in global growth markets, the UK Government’s development finance...

The heightened activity level in the M&A landscape during 2018 is set to spill over to 2019 as deal fundamentals are expected to remain robust, says Mahesh Singhi.

IMAGE used for representation purpose only. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters.

Rainmakers in the deal street may seem to have imbibed the ful...

Washington D.C., Oct. 5, 2018 —

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What talent crunch? Ad agency employment surged to its highest level since 2000, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics figures.

The uptick signals at least a short-term turnaround from a sluggish period of employment: Agencies actually cut jobs each month from Sept...

Everyone goes through times in their lives where blue skies and sunshine are a rarity. Too many clouds and storms, whether they involve business or personal issues, become the everyday occurrence and keep people from achieving whatever they want to do.

There have been many times on this business journey of my own where fogginess and haze have sent me to the mat. Trying to kick out at a 2-co...

Wyndham Hotels and Resorts also operates the Wyndham Batumi and Ramada Encore Tiblisi in Georgia.

The group is targeting growth in the region, and currently has 15 hotels across Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.

Dimitris Manikis, President and Managing Director for EMEA at Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, commented: “Georgia is experiencing unprecedented growth in visitor numbers, as travellers discover this beautiful country’s char...

Research shows that the typical worker is interrupted about every three minutes. All those little breaks tank our productivity.
Today we’ll tell you how to—

• Silence the noise (literally) that interrupts your focus.
• Gently but firmly discourage drop-in visitors from breaking your concentration.
• Use technology to fight technology, which so often interrupts your work.
• Increase your...