Pubs are far more valuable to society than the tax they payIgnazio Cabras, Northumbria University, Newcastle
The plan to clean up England and Wales’ water industry ignores the sector’s biggest problemKate Bayliss, SOAS, University of London and Frances Cleaver, Lancaster University
US cash, sponsored shirts and TV deals: how money took over English footballRobin Ireland, University of Glasgow
Industry season four exposes the Faustian bargain of modern work culturePeter Watt, Lancaster University
Why Heineken’s zero-alcohol London Underground campaign fell flatJonatan Sodergren, University of Bristol
Stealth tax rises are on the horizon for Scotland ahead of its electionKarl Matikonis, University College Dublin
Northern England’s rail upgrade could signal change in direction for public transportMarcus Mayers, Manchester Metropolitan University and David Bamford, Manchester Metropolitan University
The EU’s new AI rulebook will affect businesses and consumers in the UK tooMaria Lucia Passador, Bocconi University
What will 2026 look like for the UK’s electric vehicle market?Jagannadha Pawan Tamvada, Kingston University and Mili Shrivastava, Bournemouth University
Whether it’s a ‘productivity puzzle’ or the ‘British disease’, the UK economy has been underperforming for decadesEoin McLaughlin, University College Cork
‘We got lazy and complacent’: Swedish pensioners explain how abolishing the wealth tax changed their countryMiranda Sheild Johansson, UCL
After a year of Trump, who are the winners and losers from US tariffs?Prachi Agarwal, ODI Global; Jodie Keane, ODI Global, and Maximiliano Mendez-Parra, University of Sussex
Have US tariffs failed to bite? China’s trade surplus hits a record US$1.2 trillionJiao Wang, University of Sussex
China’s new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country’s declining fertility rateDudley L. Poston Jr., Texas A&M University
Buy-now-pay-later rules in the UK will change in 2026, but will they offer protection or exclusion?Adeola Y. Oyebowale, University of Doha for Science and Technology and Amr Saber Algarhi, Sheffield Hallam University
The surprising way you could improve your finances in 2026, according to researchDominik Piehlmaier, Cambridge Judge Business School
Why brides are still reluctant to choose secondhand wedding dressesLauren Thomas, University of South Wales; Charles Hancock, University of Derby, and Rosy Boardman, University of Manchester
How banks affect the environment and the role your money plays in itStyliani Panetsidou, Coventry University and Angelos Synapis, Coventry University
Conflict and the climate crisis may mean it’s time to rethink what we mean by responsible investingChau Le, University of Lincoln
Why most of us are reluctant to switch banks, even though it could cut our environmental impactMarcel Lukas, University of St Andrews
Climate change is becoming an insurance crisisMeilan Yan, Loughborough University and Qiuhua Liang, Loughborough University
Why ‘green’ finance isn’t always as sustainable as it seemsMaud Borie, King's College London and Sarah Bracking, King's College London
How to make sure the nature credits you buy are real – new researchSophus zu Ermgassen, University of Oxford
Fast fashion: why changes in return policies don’t do enough to address environmental damageAnastasia Vayona, Bournemouth University
The economics of climate risk ignores the value of natural habitatsNarmin Nahidi, University of Exeter
How ‘everyday AI’ encourages overconsumptionJutta Haider, University of Borås; Björn Ekström, University of Borås, and James White, Lund University
Why women land top jobs in struggling organisations – they may just be better in a crisisRita Goyal, Coventry University and Nada Kakabadse, University of Reading
Denying compensation to ‘Waspi’ women over pension changes could be a missed opportunityJane Falkingham, University of Southampton; Athina Vlachantoni, University of Southampton, and Yifan Ge, University of Southampton
Women are south Asia’s ‘silent contributors’ – changing that could transform economiesNirma Sadamali Jayawardena, University of Bradford
How stigma, fear and the UK welfare system harm women in informal self-employmentSally Jones, Manchester Metropolitan University
‘I’ve never paid myself’: why the reality for female entrepreneurs doesn’t always match the rhetoricSarah Marks, Swansea University
Books that shook the business world: Talking About Machines by Julian E. OrrWojciech Kwiatkowski, University of the West of Scotland
Books That Shook the Business World: The Human Condition by Hannah ArendtDivya Jyoti, Lancaster University and Bogdan Costea, Lancaster University
Books that shook the business world: Good to Great by Jim CollinsMargaret Heffernan, University of Bath
Books That Shook the Business World: Exponential by Azeem AzharSreevas Sahasranamam, University of Glasgow
Books That Shook the Business World: The Ecology of Commerce by Paul HawkenDenise Baden, University of Southampton
Shrinkflation: smaller products hurt some households more than others – and can be bad for businessErhan Kilincarslan, University of Huddersfield
A sign of Europe’s troubled times? Lithuania brings in tax reforms to boost defence spendingKarl Matikonis, University College Dublin
