Business / Sport
Ready, set, go
Preparations from the seating to the flags and the turf are nearly complete for this summer’s London Olympics. We look at the companies that have won the contracts to supply the Games.
- 201 results for contract
Affairs / Defence
Defence briefing
Algeria's plans to fence off the Sahara, Poland's new arms contract and other military news.
Affairs / Media
Monocolumn
Tuesday 30 March
Will BBC weather forecasting change providers?
After almost 90 years, the BBC is talking about putting its lucrative weather forecasting contract out to tender, possibly as early as this month (April).
Business / Technology
Business Briefing
A new airline that aims to turn Tibet into a Chinese transport hub, an entrepreneur with an antique printing press, and a new type of contract lens that's a sight for sore eyes.
Affairs / Emerging Markets
Do the business
The world is dividing into two halves: those who will not abandon the nine-to-five routine, and those (think Asian nations) willing to make sure they are open for business at all hours. We may not like it – but will East…
Design / Interior design
Monocolumn
Tuesday 19 October
Best in show at Interieur biennale
The Interieur biennale, which opened in the sleepy Belgian town of Kortrijk at the weekend, is an insider favourite on the design fair circuit.
Design / Urbanism
Monocolumn
Sunday 7 August
Moscow’s crazy paving
With its miles of snaking traffic jams, clouds of exhaust fumes and a creaking public transport system, Moscow is clearly a city much in need of improvement, but the government’s latest plan to beautify the place has most…
Affairs / Crime
Monocolumn
Sunday 28 February
PR for peacekeepers in Somalia
Besieged in a tiny corner of one of the world’s most dangerous capital cities, peppered with sniper and rocket fire, a few thousand Burundian and Ugandan troops are protecting a rickety transitional government against…
Design / Interior design
Monocolumn
Wednesday 13 April
The Salone series: Back to business at the Fiera
For all the fun of the galleries, warehouse exhibitions and street parties elsewhere in Milan, the vast Rho fairground on the city’s outskirts is where the real business of Salone takes place.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Tuesday 31 July
Can Italians afford a summer break?
Buone vacanze emails have started coming thick and fast from Italian friends and contacts, the lucky ones with jobs.
Affairs / Aviation
Monocolumn
Wednesday 3 February
Italy and South Korea in dogfight
The Singapore Air Show, which runs until Sunday, is Asia’s biggest and most prestigious aerospace event.
Design / Interior design
Monocolumn
Sunday 10 April
The Salone series: Seven year itch at Established & Sons
There’s a great deal of expectation riding on this year’s Salone del Mobile in Milan. As well as being the 50th anniversary of the fair, it’s also the 150th anniversary of Italian unification.
Business / Industry
Monocolumn
Tuesday 14 May
How history repeats itself
The Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh has echoes of events a century ago. Sophie Grove asks what we should have learned.
Affairs / Economics
Monocolumn
Wednesday 5 September
Portugal needs to hold on to its talent
Spending the evening strolling around the Baixa district of Lisbon, watching the bars and restaurants fill up as the sun begins to set across the Tagus river, it can be easy to imagine that Portugal’s financial crisis…
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Wednesday 3 November
Obama looks for friends in the East
Feeling unloved at home after a walloping in yesterday’s mid-term elections, US President Barack Obama is heading to Asia – as far from America as you can get – in search of a sympathetic audience.
Affairs / Economics
Monocolumn
Wednesday 2 November
Why Greece doesn’t need a Greek chorus
You can’t ask all the people all the time.
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Sunday 25 December
Five films to watch this Christmas
Our selection of must-watch films include two all-time classics, new DVD releases and the latest epic with Christian Bale.
Affairs / Investments
Monocolumn
Wednesday 21 October
Iraq opens for business
American troops are leaving Iraq, but the engineers, hotel architects and database managers are heading in.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Thursday 14 June
How to make Britain great
Yesterday, on the way to Basel, through the airports and in that Swiss town hosting its eponymous art fair, were signs about Great Britain.