The Design Council is to axe its sustainability project leader post.
The decision came as a surprise to the design community, following assertions that sustainability is ‘the defining issue’ for the organisation at its ‘Wake up to sustainability’ event, held at the London Design Festival only last month.
Design Council chief executive David Kester (pictured) declined to [...]
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The UK design industry is facing more intense competition than ever according to new research from the Design Council published today.
“UK Design: Buying and Selling for a Global Industry” was research carried out among almost 300 designers facing international competition.
Eight out of ten designers surveyed say they are up against overseas competition for UK business, [...]
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As new EU rules on statutory leave are introduced, research carried out on behalf of Abbey Business Banking shows over half the UK’s entrepreneurs are working more than the European recommended standard of a 48-hour week.
The report has been published following research from 300 small-to-medium business owners in May of this year. Key findings [...]
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