Business Reporter

Who says print is dead? In this digital world, the industry is evolving and innovating, meeting the challenges of a changing world The way in which people communicate with customers, suppliers and staff has changed dramatically in recent years. Much has been written about the demise of print in this new world and it is [...]

You have to speculate to accumulate and the print industry is looking to innovation to secure its future. But what does it mean for customers? Prob ably the world’s leading expert in printing and publishing is in no doubt about the importance of innovation. In the run-up to trade printing exhibition Drupa in Dusseldorf next [...]

Employers are looking more closely at the working environment in a bid to motivate and engage their workforce – and hopefully drive up productivity In difficult times, organisations look very closely at anything that will improve performance. Hardly surprising, therefore, that a recent survey of businesses showed that 85 per cent of respondents agreed that [...]

Businesses are downsizing their deals and flying to get buying. In these times of change, should we ditch generalist for specialist advice? The mergers and acquisition (M&A) specialist has arrived. Businesses looking for M&A deals are spurning generalists in favour of advisors with in-depth sectoral or geographical knowledge. The move is driven by changes in [...]

You’ve found the perfect partner and they are ready to love you too, but only if the offer is good enough. It’s time to finance the deal The death of mergers and acquisitions financing has been greatly exaggerated. Media stories of the near impossibility of attracting large-scale sources of funding are wide of the mark, [...]

The route to a great relationship starts with finding a partner who fits. We look at how firms can hit the target and get the gold The first principle of identifying a takeover target is understanding what you want to achieve, insists Charles Skinner. He knows what he is talking about. When he took over [...]

From optimism and action to uncertainty and caution, the highs and lows of 2011 are giving way to a mergers and acquisitions market that’s reshaped for an even stronger future What a difference a year makes. At the end of 2010, everyone buying, selling or advising in the field of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) was [...]

Resource nationalism is not a new issue for the global commodities market, but it is rapidly becoming a major concern in the mining sector In the 1970s, it was common for oil and gas companies to be under state control through taxation, nationalisation and even international cartels. Mining in this period as a whole escaped [...]

Having emerged bullish from the recession, the mining industry faces fresh challenges in adapting to the complex patterns of global demand Mining is an industry being fed today by a so called supercycle of demand for commodities across the globe. It was in a period of consolidation ahead of the 2008 financial crisis, but for [...]