Business & Finance
- Countdown to Recession: What an Inverted Yield Curve Means
- Trade war and no-deal Brexit fears weigh on Germany's struggling economy
- Collapse of Asset Life and LCF mean watchdogs must educate the public
- Hong Kong Businesses Warn of Risk to Economy as Protests Continue
- WeWork IPO: The Rundown from the Prospectus
- Markets Slump and a Recession Storm on the Horizon
- British Steel Set To Be Acquired by Turkish Military Pension Fund
- Sports Direct Shares Plunge as Auditor Quits
- Sainsburys in Search of New Boss After Failed Asda Merger
- KMPG Ousts Head of Financial Services Unit
- Global Economy Faces Crisis Unless Politics Simmers Down
- Crunch Time: Kettle Foods makes crisp acquisition for Irish Group Valeo
Talking Tech
- How artificial intelligence and machine learning are affecting technology right now
- Is Libra really crypto currency?
- Kings Cross Developer Quizzed over Facial Recognition
- Is It Time to Forcibly Reform Big Tech?
- Verizon Selling Tumblr to WordPress Owner
- Fingerprints Exposed by Biometric Security Firm
- Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 raises $30M backed by Goldman Sachs
- The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America
Top Tip
When reading and building your commercial awareness, try to think further and beyond the story. For example these are some of the questions that I ask:
- Who are the players in this story and what businesses and industries are affected by this news?
- Taking the first bullet point into account, how does this change or development affect how a business might operate?
- If a law firm was serving this type of business/client what does this change mean in relation to the type of work that the firm may end up doing?
- Use the PESTLE method to analyse what you are reading by asking: yourself “what is the Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal and Environmental impact of this development? This framework is a strategic tool for understanding market growth or decline, business position, potential and direction for operations.
