Image copyright Kees Koolen Image caption Kees Koolen is the only person to have completed the annual Dakar Rally in all four main categories – motorbike, quad, car and truck The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to serial Dutch entrepreneur Kees Koolen, whose …
You’ll fail a lot but you’ll learn as an entrepreneur from your failures, says Mohamed Al Awadhi. Mohamed and his brother Peyman are serial entrepreneurs, with experience ranging from restaurants to video production – and they know a thing or two about launching a business in Dubai. Filmed and edited by Paul Blake See more …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Jim Ratcliffe is the founder and chairman of Ineos Britain’s richest man Jim Ratcliffe is hoping to extend his grip on the North Sea by buying oil and gas fields from US giant ConocoPhillips. Mr Ratcliffe’s company Ineos and ConocoPhillips have both confirmed that they are in exclusive talks. …
Image copyright AFP Image caption US VP Pence (3rd right) and China’s Xi did not appear together in Apec leaders pictures An Asian economic summit has ended without a formal leaders’ statement for the first time because of US-China divisions over trade. Papua New Guinea’s President Peter O’Neill said a closing statement for the Asia-Pacific …
Image copyright iStock Some of Britain’s biggest employers are pressing the government to honour a promise to give mental health the same status as physical health at work. Royal Mail and WH Smith are among the companies asking the PM to follow through on her manifesto pledge to update health and safety legislation. That would …
Image copyright Marvel/Disney Image caption Disney, owner of the Avengers and Star Wars franchises, will test its brand appeal with the start of its own streaming services Last year Disney put Netflix on notice, announcing it would launch its own streaming services and end distribution agreements with the online video giant. The move was yet …
Image copyright Leo Millward Many people dream of taking control of their working life. Leo Millward has done just that, by turning it into an American odyssey. “I’m extremely fortunate to be born at a time when technology has lent itself to having this particular working lifestyle,” says Millward, 60. “I love it, I can’t …
A flying robot inspired by how insects achieve flight has been developed by the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). The manually controlled DelFly has sensors and cameras on board to help it detect obstacles and there are plans to make it fully autonomous. The robot is currently being used to study insects, but in …
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionCodebreaker, 95, still keeping Bletchley secrets A World War Two codebreaker has vowed to take the secrets of her work “to the end of my days”. Margaret Wilson, 95, trained as a wireless operator before being transferred to Bletchley Park in 1942, where she listened to German …
Michelle is surprised to see how much information is revealed by an online search of her email address despite her “sporadic” use of social media. She spoke to Politics Live reporter Greg Dawson and Josh Smith, a researcher at Demos, a think tank on the centre-left of politics, who explained how useful this information could …