Given the choice, there’s no doubt most of us would prefer to live in a world where we had never heard of COVID-19. A world in which more than 7 million people had not succumbed to the disease1. A world that had not endured one of the worst job crises since the Great Depression2. A world in which the global prevalence of anxiety and depression did not soar by 25% in one year3. It is more than four years since the first case of coronavirus was recorded and no one has forgotten the devastating toll the pandemic took on countless nations, communities and individuals ..read more

Few sectors ride the economic roller-coaster quite like the retail industry. From the impact of inflation and cost-of-living pressures to the rise of eCommerce and increasing global competition, CFOs and their fellow executives find themselves navigating unique challenges and doing their utmost to balance expenditure with quality. That is not an easy task at the best of times, let alone in a climate where Fitch Ratings is predicting U.S. retail volumes will decline at a low-single-digit rate in 2024, particularly in discretionary categories1. Thrown into this mix is the post-COVID boom in onl ..read more

For more than two decades, Black Book Research has earned a reputation for having its finger on the pulse of the healthcare sector. Recognized as a Top 25 international market research niche firm, it prides itself on conducting surveys that tap into the visions, challenges and concerns of the United State’s largest hospitals, top insurers and leading technology firms1 ..read more

Are you grappling with the challenges of talent acquisition in today's fiercely competitive job market? Do you feel the weight of economic pressures demanding swift and effective solutions? We understand the pain points that often drive organizations to explore innovative resourcing strategies, one of these being outsourcing ..read more

In a career spanning more than 30 years, Tina Wheeler has earned a reputation for having her finger on the pulse of the healthcare sector. A partner at ‘Big Four’ accounting firm Deloitte, she leads the strategic direction of the global giant’s healthcare practice and, in her own words, is “deeply committed to helping our clients navigate the ever-changing healthcare landscape”1 ..read more

As a leading think tank, the Thomson Reuters Institute has a proud history of igniting conversation and debate among the tax and accounting communities and did so yet again in 2023. As ChatGPT swept the world, the institute asked leaders from hundreds of accounting firms and corporate tax departments across the United States, Canada and United Kingdom to share their thoughts on the tool and the technology driving it1 ..read more

The acronym ‘ESG’ may be a relative newcomer to the business landscape but it is certainly having an impact in boardrooms across the world. Aligning corporate values with guiding principles is nothing new but from the moment the term was included in a 2006 United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment Report1, business leaders have increasingly incorporated environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into their operations ..read more

Step into the realm of strategic talent acquisition, where the pursuit of the perfect candidate can be an ongoing challenge. Vacancies for these hard-to-fill positions are not mere empty spaces; they embody latent potential that can either propel a company towards prosperity or impede its advancement ..read more

Fitch Ratings is one of those organizations that, with a finely worded statement, can send a shudder through an entire industry. As one of America’s ‘Big Three credit rating agencies’, it is renowned for researching and analyzing the financial wellbeing of businesses and entire countries and its insights are widely considered a window into the reality of a sector ..read more

Generative AI may be able to trace its origins to the 1960s1 but for the everyday man or woman, it was the past year that gave birth to one of the most remarkable technologies they have seen. From the moment ChatGPT exploded onto the public consciousness in late 2022, clocking up an incredible 1 million users in only five days2, people have been blown away by the artificial intelligence’s ability to generate text, images or other content based on the data it is trained on ..read more