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Work, eat & stay: Come on in
Hospitality heroes in Japan, the US and Spain, united by their willingness to take a risk on an inspired idea, talk us through their nascent ventures in F&B and the hotel business.
In good company
We all want to work in a friendly, challenging environment. The companies featured here are benchmarks in their fields, from looking after employees to maintaining traditions or simply providing the smartest staff uniforms.
Craft: Make it big
From Detroit to Frankfurt and Sagamihara, three makers demonstrate how having a vision, the confidence to follow it through and the ability to adapt can pay huge dividends for entrepreneurs.
Business
Some light reading at a new Taichung bookshop followed by a tasting session at a Tokyo winery.
Media
High-definition is going stratospheric – discover the technology giving your telly some welly.
Smooth selling
Boasting doesn’t come easy to the Basque but we meet the furniture-makers going against the grain, selling themselves and redefining their industrial heritage in the process.
People’s republic
This creative corner of Vilnius is more than just a neighbourhood – it’s a state.
Taking stock
Roberto Azevêdo, director-general of the World Trade Organisation, discusses the challenges facing international trade in the light of Trump’s grumbles and the fallout from Brexit.
Africa/Middle East
China takes a punt down the Suez Canal and Premiership football scores big in Africa.
Bean around the world
When French native Samuel Maruta relocated to Vietnam, he unexpectedly left a finance career to go in search of the finest highland cocoa beans, proving that life is indeed like a box of chocolates.
