One legacy of the financial crisis is a slump in industrial maintenance — its decline poses problems not only for productivity but also for health and safety of employees and others. Pursuing incremental improvements and solutions based on the theory of marginal gains would be a good New Year’s resolution, suggests Jon Herbert. UK manufacturing   Read More …

COP21 ended with a hard-won deal on paper. But can it cope with the massive practical task of keeping global temperatures in a safe range to the end of this century and beyond? Despite concerns that too much is expected of renewable technology, a new billionaires club hopes to take up a key role in   Read More …