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Family owned and run Northern supermarket Booths is staying true to its roots. Since 1847, Booths has been renowned for its top quality produce and service. Edwin Booth outlines the grocer’s vision and its driving philosophy. Seen at face value, the title ‘Purpose before Profit’ may seem inappropriate to a business whose activity is to […]

Demand for customised executive education programmes is soaring. Whether it’s navigating the rapidly changing world of work, tackling continuous disruption, or dealing with huge challenges around data and AI, it’s probably never been a tougher time to be running a business. In response to these challenges we have seen significant growth in our customised executive education

Head of AMBS Professor Ken McPhail welcomes you to the latest issue. No-one knows exactly what business will look like in 2050. But one thing is for sure, it won’t be business as usual. Whether it’s dealing with regional economic disparities, global geopolitical upheaval, climate change, or the impact of new technologies such as AI,

More than 500 delegates attended a major international conference organised by AMBS. The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIoIR), based at AMBS, welcomed almost 500 delegates from 33 countries to the prestigious Geography of Innovation (GeoInno) conference over three days at The University of Manchester. The seventh edition of the conference, which is held every

A summary of events throughout 2024 so far. A host of events have been held across AMBS and The University of Manchester in recent months. Grigor McLelland lecture This year’s annual Grigor McLelland lecture at AMBS held in memory of the first Director of Manchester Business School was given by Ismail Amla, Senior Vice-President and

Sandra Hamilton gives a summary of key themes at COP28. At COP28 much was made of the first explicit reference to a transition away from all fossil fuels in energy systems. But the conference achieved other significant firsts, says Sandra Hamilton. Long overlooked by climate policymakers it was encouraging to see at COP28 that international

Ford’s Will Periam discusses transformational changes facing the automotive industry. The automotive industry has been a huge factor in the global economy for many years. In Europe it employs many hundreds of thousands of people directly, and a multiple of that number taking into account other jobs supported by the industry. Right now, the sector

Almost every large merger and acquisition deal is financed by syndicated loans. Borrowing from relationship banks could save millions of dollars for borrowers in the primary market of syndicated loans, says Yafei Zhang. Syndicated loans are among the most important external financing sources for firms all over the world. To give a sense of scale,