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This article was originally published by CityAM on 16 April, 2026 - Britain is underestimating the power of trade New figures show the UK conducts more than £5bn of trade every single day, yet we barely celebrate it and the jobs it creates, writes Carl Richardson. As business leaders and politicians struggle to keep up with wildly fluctuating global stock markets and energy prices in light of events in the Middle East, today’s latest trade figures may seem like a minor distra

First published: Green Street News, 13 April 2026. Erdgard Developments have secured detailed planning consent for 93,000 sq ft at its Central Point development at Willenhall Road, Walsall, Green Street News can reveal. Six-unit facility due to be ready for occupation in February 2027 The scheme will provide a total of 93,110 sq ft in six units ranging from 5,880 sq ft to 26,236 sq ft, to be built to BREEAM Very Good and EPC A standards. Site clearance works are under way, to

The Richardson family have support Temasek Trust’s C3H in leading first institutional funding round for Singapore AI healthtech 'injewelme', to scale contactless technology for early detection of climate related-health risks The Richardson family and Catalytic Capital for Climate and Health (C3H) anchor injewelme’s US$1.2 million fundraising round to scale contactless health monitoring for climate-related health risks. The funding will accelerate injewelme’s ongoing validatio

The Richardson Brothers foundation has funded two scholarships at the University of Birmingham, which will be offered to academically excellent students with the aim of encouraging and developing talent in the investment sector. Carl Richardson with students from the University of Birmingham Founded in 1900, the University of Birmingham was England's first civic university. Part of the prestigious Russell Group, it is consistently ranked amongst the top 100 university's in t

Continuing with our series of updates, we showcase some of the highlights that have taken place in recent weeks. Permaconn Australian technology and security business Permaconn announced the extension of its partnership with Security Monitoring Centres UK & Ireland (SMC). The partnership means that SMC will support Permaconn’s SecureLink across the UK and Ireland. Andrew Pears, Group CEO of Permaconn, said of the announcement that: “ We’re extremely grateful for SMC’s support

This article by Ajay Chhibber, a distinguished visiting scholar at the Institute for International Economic Policy, part of George Washington University in the US, first appeared in the Business Standard on March 5, 2026, Opinion Page. www.business-standard.com "The United States’ economic policy and military actions are now among the most immediate sources of global risk and uncertainty. A trigger-happy US, which has reverted to calling the Department of Defense the “Depart