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Comment from luxury brand expert: Chanel ban on selling products to Russians is a bold but risky decision
Qing Wang is Professor of Marketing and Innovation at Warwick Business School and an expert on luxury brands. Commenting on Chanel's decision to stop selling its products to Russians, she said:
Expert comment: Firms should be clamouring to promote women to exec roles but should not be forced
Responding to the Hampton-Alexander review of women in senior management positions, Professor Nicolai Foss, of Warwick Business School, said:
Cliff edge avoided but delayed Brexit offers businesses no certainty to invest
Expert comment from Nigel Driffield, Professor of International Business at Warwick Business School.
Many businesses will find planning for no deal Brexit impossible
Expert comment on contingency plans for a No Deal Brexit from Nigel Driffield, Professor of Strategy and International Business at Warwick Business School.
Expert comment on Liam Fox's UK export strategy speech
Expert comment from the University of Warwick on Liam Fox's UK export strategy speech, by Stephen Roper, of Warwick Business School, who is a Professor of Enterprise and Director of the Enterprise Research Centre, which researches what drives SME growth.
Funding Options for SMEs Post-Brexit
It's widely accepted that Brexit will have a major impact on the British economy but the slow progress of negotiations and lack of clarity is leading to growing frustrations across the business community.
Single market gaps exposed by geo-blocking plan
Geo-blocking, refusing to sell to people living in other EU countries, is to be outlawed under plans to boost e-commerce in Europe. But what this proposal does is to expose the many remaining gaps in the Single Market.
Trade secrets directive: protecting companies from theft - and whistleblowers?
The new 'trade secrets' directive, passed by the European Parliament on Thursday, ensures protection for the work of journalists and whistle-blowers, says rapporteur Constance le Grip MEP. Not all are convinced.
Update for Payment Services Directive opens way for safer and more innovative European payments
The final hurdle to an upgraded EU payment services law was cleared on Thursday, when MEPs voted in the revised Directive on Payment Services (PSD2). This aims to make payment transactions safer and terminate card surcharges.
EU looks to reduce VAT burden for online trade
A new system for VAT for digital products - the EU's response to distortions of the market and loss of revenue through the online economy - has attracted much criticism about the extra burdens it imposes on small businesses.
EU plans for cutting red tape, with less but better regulation
As the United Kingdom begins to gear up for its referendum on EU membership following the Conservative win in the general election, the European Commission addressed what has been one of the main complaints of Mr Cameron's government – too much red tape in EU legislation and a lack of transparency about the EU decision-making process.
EU trademark deal welcome step forward for SMEs
It has taken two years of inter-institutional discussions, but on Tuesday the EU's Latvian Presidency reached provisional political agreement with European Parliament representatives on reform of the European trade mark system.
Roadmap for a Capital Markets Union
The building blocks of the European Commission's 'Investment Plan for Europe' began to form this week, with the aim of unlocking funding for EU businesses and boosting growth with the creation of a true single market for capital.
The digital economy - opportunities for entrepreneurship and taxation
The report on Taxation of the Digital Economy, released by a High Level Expert Group on 28 May, presents an important challenge for tax systems and governments: to balance the need to encourage a vital sector of Europe's economy with governments' wishes to crack down and tax avoidance and tax evasion.
Go-ahead for new public procurement rules
Better quality and value for money when public authorities buy or lease works, goods or services are promised in new EU rules on public procurement and concession contracts, which received the green light in the European Parliament this week.