World Oceans Day

World Oceans Day Today, 8 June, is the United Nations World Oceans Day 2022 where we have the chance to reflect on the major role the oceans have in our everyday lives. It is also an opportunity to consider the impact we have on the ocean, and to mobilise and unite the global population for …

Helping the NHS get better and safer, faster

To mark World Health Day, we’re shining a light on how Nottingham University Business School researchers from the Centre for Health Innovation, Leadership and Learning (CHILL) are working with doctors and nurses from across the National Health Service (NHS) to improve treatments for patients. The NHS is one of the best health care systems in …

Five reasons why 2022 will be the year when we really do get back to normal

For ‘Blue Monday’ 2022, Professor David Paton finds reasons to be cheerful about data on the progress of the Covid-19 pandemic and sees signs of confidence for individuals and businesses. It’s been a tough couple of years with much of our lives having been turned upside down due to Covid-19 itself but also the subsequent …

UK SMEs: quantifying their pandemic risk and credit risk exposures in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis

The COVID-19 pandemic is posing significant challenges to the economic activities of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the UK representing 75% of all job placements among directly affected sectors. A recent statistical insight from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) reveals that several countries, including the UK, were ill-equipped to cope with …

Dean Professor Duncan Angwin shares his thoughts on COP26

After waiting a long year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties, more commonly known as COP26, will begin in Glasgow today. We at Nottingham University Business School wish the negotiators at COP26 all the best in reaching an agreement that avoids the worst outcomes from anthropogenic global …

Fuel shortages: could the UK switch to E10 petrol be the underlying cause?

Experts in supply chain and logistics at Nottingham University Business School consider whether the scarcity of drivers is not the only cause of the UK fuel shortages. The shortage of fuel at forecourts has been wreaking havoc in the UK in recent days, leading to long queues and forcing many stations to close. The main …

Work-life balance: What could the UK learn from Denmark?

Many of Nottingham University Business School’s current research projects are investigating key economic and social issues that have been thrown into stark relief with the Covid-19 pandemic. A project led by Professor Tracey Warren, an expert in social inequalities in work, who is working with researcher Ms Lene Hyltoft, is examining the meaning of ‘work-life …