Luxury, steeped in years of tradition, is a sector that has resisted the allure of ecommerce. However, the industry appears to be experiencing a change of heart. Disruptive technology has been rolled out by major brands...

June was a very busy and positive month in London on many fronts. London Tech Week 2019 featured four days of events centred around ‘uniting tech and talent in a world-class hub of innovation’. I kicked off the...

Last week, the UK became the first country to declare a climate emergency - one of the key demands put to the Government by Extinction Rebellion after haranguing London last month. But, the fact that it’s the 10th...

One of the joys of moving to the UK from South Africa in the late ‘80’s were the newspapers. A frustration of living under the apartheid regime was the censorship of newspapers and the banning of certain books and...

With over 1,000 restaurant companies filing for insolvency last year, dining businesses are going bankrupt at record levels. The reasons for this have been widely commented on and indeed have been explored by MBS in...

Waves of innovation are fundamentally reshaping the dynamics of the sectors we serve. Scaling tech-led challenger brands and transforming corporates are converging on the benefits of Direct to Consumer business models....

We’ve all felt the irrational fear of the first view of the inbox after a long flight, a weekend away, or even a night’s sleep. Electronic mail, the genius, revolutionary augmentation of “snail mail” has...

In the latest edition of the Tech Q&A series, MBS’s Stephen Rosenthal talks with Matthew Crummack, CEO of GoCompare.com Group plc (‘GoCompare’), the Newport-headquartered tech company behind disruptive brands...

This weekend, we find ourselves in the eye of the e-tail storm – post-Black Friday/Cyber Monday and pre-Christmas. Savvy consumers the world over are strategically planning the final acquisitions they’ll make in the...