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The UK countryside is not generally regarded as a cradle of innovation. However, business data and the increased visibility of rural business thanks to social media indicate that countryside entrepreneurship is emerging as a major contributor to the domestic start-up sector.…

While the reluctance of many companies to report fraud to law enforcement is well documented, it would be a useful deterrence if those cases that made it to court generated tough enough penalties to scare some scammers from scamming.

Alas, this is not often or even usually the case.…

Lying on CVs, fraudulent qualifications, ‘polygamous’ home-based working with unauthorised sidelines, and insider threats to companies from such hiring fraudsters, are occurring more frequently in job applications. In countries that suffered higher inflation post-Covid 19, the resulting ‘cost of living’ crisis is considered a motivator such sharp practices, while qualification fraud is being enabled by the relative ease of digitally altering confirmation documents, compared to hard copy originals.…

When the UK left the European Union (EU) on 1 January 2021, it also left the EU’s comprehensive REACH chemical control system, which was formally replaced by a UK REACH system. This mirrored EU REACH, grandfathering existing registrations and restrictions to the national system, although GB companies lost access to EU databases run by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).…

Britain’s new Labour government has launched a National Wealth Fund (NWF), making good on a manifesto promise, although the new institution is – as the Treasury has admitted, a supercharged UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB), not a new institution.

Rather, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced on October 14 that UKIB would become the NWF, with the same board, chair and CEO – John Flint, the former CEO of HSBC.…

Legal professions worldwide continue to push against being integrated within comprehensive AML/CFT/CFP systems, with their firms arguing that conducting CDD/KYC and reporting STRs undermines client confidentiality, a cornerstone of practising law.

FATF’s recommendations allow governments significant flexibility on when lawyers should report suspicious transactions, contrasting with tougher requirements for bankers, payment service companies, and non-financial professions such as accountants.…

The UK government is poised to launch talks with the European Union (EU) on forging a sanitary and phytosanitary agreement (SPS) that could remove British and EU food health checks that impede the trade in dairy products.

Dairy UK chief executive Dr Judith Bryans told DII: “A new sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement with the EU has the potential to help in reducing trade administration costs for UK dairy exporters.…

The University of Victoria (UVic), in Canada’s temperate rain forest zone, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, has blazed a trail in integrating its education for sustainable development (ESD) with an expansive range of courses and activities, deepening its impact.

The 2024, the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings rated UVic as fifth worldwide in the world for supporting the UN sustainable development goal SDG13 on climate action; and fourth worldwide for helping promote SDG11 on developing sustainable cities and communities.…

Increasing pressure from researchers is prompting revised regulatory controls to reduce the use of flame retardants in textile products over concern that consumers may be exposed to air-borne chemical emissions that might damage their health.

A new US-focused study in the academic journal Environmental Science & Technology, for example, (1) has concluded that the integration of flame retardants in car seats may increase passenger and driver exposure to cancer-causing chemicals – especially during the summer.…

The election of a new Labour government in the UK comes at a critical time for chemical – and hence textile finishing materials – regulation in Great Britain, with public consultation under way on potential changes to how GB (not Northern Ireland) regulates its chemical industry and market (1).…