UK businesses are most concerned about economic and financial risk (43 per cent), cyber-risk (39 per cent) and people risk (38 per cent), according to a report by Marsh McLennan. But it is the inter-connected nature of such Read more

The UK lost an estimated £55 billion-£81 billion of taxpayers’ money to fraud and error in 2023-2024, according to the government financial watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO).

The money that has been detected as lost amounted Read more

Most (72 per cent) FTSE 100 companies rate supply chain risk as a principal threat to their organisations, according to research by Boston Consulting group Inverto.

“The severity – and short notice – of disruptions in the Suez Read more

Boards are seeking to acquire or boost their skills on corporate strategy (30 per cent) and technology implementation (31 per cent) – tied with industry specialisation – as emerging technologies pave a path to growth, according to the 2024 Read more

Dr Robert James Chapman, Dr Chapman and Associates Ltd, January 2025Can be contacted at: DrChapmanAssociates@outlook.com

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On 25 December 2024 Finland’s electricity transmission operator Fingrid reported that their 106-mile Estlink 2 cable connection between Finland and Estonia had Read more

A growing number of US executives said that they feared recession no matter who won the recent presidential election, according to PWC’s pulse survey.

Even though the Federal Reserve cut interest rates in September and inflation is low, Read more

The Guardian newspaper in the UK is the latest in a line of organisations that have either quit social media platforms or reassessed the way that they and their staff use them. 

In November 2024, the Guardian Read more