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The panel at the Placing Gender Parity at the Heart of the Recovery session at the virtual World Economic Forum event. Panellists included Rania Al-Mashat, minister of international cooperation of Egypt; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, unndersecretary- general and executive director at UN WOMEN, Michael Neidorff, chairman, president and chief executive at Centene, Kevin Sneader, global managing partner at McKinsey & Company, while the moderator was Mina Al-Oraibi, editor-in-chief, The National. Courtesy WEF
Investing in gender parity 'makes good business sense' in a post-pandemic world

Firms that are more diverse outperform others by 25%, WEF virtual session hears

EconomyJanuary 25, 2021
Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, during a virtual press conference to preview the Davos Agenda 2021. EPA
WEF's online Davos Agenda to focus on rebuilding trust in post-Covid world

China's Xi Jinping, France's Emmanuel Macron and India's Narendra Modi set to speak at the online forum

EconomyJanuary 24, 2021
Ibrahim Dogus, who owns three restaurants in central London, says his business has relied on savings to survive the crisis. Courtesy Ibrahim Dogus
Business in England's Lockdown 3: 'I was always lucky but now my savings are gone'

Three entrepreneurs reveal how their companies will outlast the pandemic

EconomyJanuary 22, 2021
The Bank of England in the City of London. The financial district performed strongly across all key dimensions, including competitiveness, innovation, reach of financial activity, resilience and business infrastructure. Reuters
London top city for financial services but Brexit challenges remain

UK capital leads against major centres such as New York, Singapore and Frankfurt

EconomyJanuary 22, 2021
Oxford street is largely empty on December 23 in London, England. Since the start of the financial year in April, UK borrowing has hit a record £270.8bn as the government tries to prop up the economy amid Covid. Getty Images
UK borrowing hits £34.1bn in highest December level on record

Retail sales also saw record plunge in 2020 as Covid crisis took its toll

EconomyJanuary 22, 2021
ECB president Christine Lagarde held the pandemic bond-buying programme at €1.85 trillion on Thursday. AFP
ECB keeps interest rates and stimulus unchanged

European Central Bank ready to boost support further if needed

BankingJanuary 21, 2021
A person walks through empty streets in the City of London during the third lockdown. Associated Press
City of London chief: Square Mile firms consider three-day week post-pandemic

Financial district’s ‘back to work’ week may be delayed until June, says Lord Mayor William Russell

EconomyJanuary 21, 2021
A man wearing a face mask walks past a closed Burberry shop in Regent Street in central London during the first lockdown last year. The third lockdown in England will make the first quarter of 2021 very challenging for retailers, says PwC. AFP
British retail sector set to rebound thanks to consumer spending surge in summer

Rising unemployment, falling birth rates and immigration levels will dent recovery long-term

EconomyJanuary 21, 2021
Shoppers walk along a busy Oxford Street in London, England, on December 5, 2020. Shops opened in December in the capital following a November lockdown, before shutting again in the middle of the month, causing an increase in clothing prices. Getty
UK inflation up to 0.6% in December despite Covid curbs

Consumer prices driven higher by increased transport and clothing costs

EconomyJanuary 20, 2021
young asian woman uses digital tablet on virtual visual screen at night. Getty Images
Can Artificial Intelligence make us better investors? – Pocketful of Dirhams

Finamaze founder Mehdi Fichtali explains how AI can boost your investment portfolio

MoneyJanuary 19, 2021
A Renault Zoe Grand Large R135 electric automobile in a Renault SA electric car showroom in Paris, France. Renault's global sales dropped to 2.95 million vehicles in 2020, falling 16 per cent in December alone, after the pandemic pummelled demand. Bloomberg
New car sales in Europe suffer biggest ever drop in 2020

Demand slumped 23.7% last year as Covid-19 took hold, but sales picked up in December

EconomyJanuary 19, 2021
The Eurostar train service linking London to the continent is at risk, business leaders told the UK government. AFP
Eurostar could go bust without rescue package

Business leaders, including head of Abu-Dhabi-owned ExCeL Centre in London, urge UK government to step in

Travel and TourismJanuary 18, 2021
Cranleigh Village Hall vaccination centre. Martin Bamford for The National
Pretty English village of Cranleigh unites in community vaccine drive

Largest village in England to immunise 200 people a day at its picturesque location

EuropeJanuary 17, 2021
Near-empty buses cross Waterloo bridge during lockdown with skyscrapers of the city of London financial district seen. UK finance minister Rishi Sunak said November's GDP contraction indicates “things will get harder before the get better”. Reuters
Britain’s economy shrank 2.6% during November lockdown

Fall in GDP raises fears of double-dip recession for the first time since the 1970s

EconomyJanuary 15, 2021
Jockey Luis Saez rides his horse Maximum Security across the finish line in the $20m final of the Saudi Cup last year. AFP PHOTO / SAUDI ROYAL PALACE / BANDAR AL-JALOUD
How Saudi Cup 2021 will race to new highs despite Covid restrictions

Exclusive: JCSA's Prince Bandar said sponsorship for event’s second edition has risen more than 600%

EconomyJanuary 14, 2021
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