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It takes minutes for any Brazilian on Instagram to be bombarded with ads of modern companies selling exquisite items from tofu tikka masala stew to cauliflower risotto. But these are not from restaurants heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and now use social media to survive.…

In India, the increased demand for branded food products and workplace restrictions on industrial labour caused by Covid-19 has inspired automation among food manufacturers. This investment is expected to standardise and increase the quality of products well into the future, well beyond the end of the pandemic.…

The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has proposed a new accounting standard helping companies whose income can be changed by rate regulations, to give a clearer picture about their financial performance. Sectors covered include utilities and public transport, whose charges are often capped by governments.…

Islamic finance is flourishing across parts of the Middle East and south-east Asia. Assets are increasing, there is a greater diversification in product offerings, and Islamic fintech is starting to take off.

Islamic finance assets were estimated at USD2.88 trillion globally in 2020, and are forecast to grow at a CAGR of 5% to 2024, to reach USD3.69 trillion, according to New York-based research firm DinarStandard’s State of the Global Islamic Economy (SGIE) 2020-21 report.…

THE UNITED Kingdom’s definitive exit from the European Union (EU) on December 31, 2020, after an 11-month transition period, will severely disrupt the UK and European can manufacturing industry, experts have told CanTech International. That said, industry figures acknowledge however that, by avoiding blanket tariffs and a ‘no-deal’ Brexit, the UK/EU Trade & Cooperation Agreement (TCA) (1) signed on Christmas Eve did head off economic disaster. …

REGULATIONS affecting what information can, should and cannot be placed on personal care product packaging are among the most demanding of compliance issues facing beauty manufacturers.

One reason is that this is both a very international field and a dynamic one – rules change all the time and vary widely from market to market.…

UK universities and private schools are turning a blind eye to Nigerian political elites laundering dirty money through their fees and support payments to their children, according to a paper published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Sara Lewis and Samuel Okocha report.…

UK universities and private schools are turning a blind eye to Nigerian political elites laundering dirty money through their fees and support payments to their children, according to a paper published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Sara Lewis and Samuel Okocha report.…

In the modern textile industry, coating, surface modification and laminating are the key means to tailor textiles and nonwovens to create functional products for specific, often high-performance, applications.

Such techniques have offered the sector potential advantages as it entered uncharted terrain in 2020, being at the forefront in humankind’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.…

WHILE investment into nuclear energy continues, especially in emerging market countries such as China, in Europe, this sector continues to dwindle in size, with some key countries sticking to plans to phase out the technology.

Concerns about safety and the environmental cost of its waste have encouraged Belgium, for example, to stick to its goal, as laid down in a January 2003 law (1), of stopping any nuclear energy production within the country by 2025, experts have told Energy World.…