The European Parliament has officially approved Ursula von der Leyen’s new team for the European Commission, just ahead of the Commission that began works on December 1, 2024.
According to a study by e2e-assure, the UK’s leading Threat Detection & Response provider, 44% of Financial Services organisations say their cyber security providers are underperforming.
Émilie Prouzet, Rapporteur for the EESC opinion on the Long-term competitiveness strategy, states the case to relaunch the European internal market and improve the EU’s long-term competitiveness.
Public perception of government services is at a record low. At the end of 2023, Ipsos found that eight in ten Brits say public services have worsened over the past five years. To fight against this, a boost of innovation in public services is needed.
As the population ages, the economic toll of dementia on the UK is projected to skyrocket, reaching £91 billion a year by 2040, according to a study conducted for the Alzheimer’s Society.
To improve the transport sector and enhance economic growth, the UK government has revealed a £1.3 million initiative aimed at driving innovation in transportation.
Hadia Choudri, Senior Lecturer (Innovation and Entrepreneurship) at The University of Law Business School, examines the underlying trends of emerging market economies for reaching the ambitious 2030 Agenda.
European Economic and Social Committee President Oliver Röpke talks us through the next steps of the EU Enlargement plans to create a truly geopolitical EU.
Dr Saffron Woodcraft from the UCL Institute for Global Prosperity unpacks empowering communities and transforming research through citizen social science.
It’s not too late to respond to the challenges of the climate emergency – but only if we fast-track vital engineering skills into our economy before 2030 – The Royal Academy of Engineering explains.
Money laundering is a formidable threat to the UK economy, with an annual cost estimated at £100 billion. To address the problem, the government has unveiled a £400 million three-year Economic Crime Plan, aiming to fill gaps in fraud, anti-money laundering (AML) and more.
The financial crisis highlighted the shortcomings of traditional measures of a country's prosperity; here we examine the shift from GDP to multidimensional wellbeing indices
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The end of the 2023 Fiscal Year (FY2023) is upon us. As Congress looks to create budgets for next year, government entities need to be wary of their spending habits and plan ahead to optimize spending of entrusted budgetary dollars to ensure dollars are spent on the highest priority items.
The Institute of Economic Development (IED) is stepping up its work for councils to be given statutory powers over economic development. Here, IED Chair Tom Stannard outlines their new manifesto for change.
