Special Reports provide in-depth FT coverage of countries around the world, as well as industries from tech to luxury, and themes ranging from workplace health to entrepreneurship.
They appear in a variety of formats, from magazines and broadsheets, to video and interactive stories.
Central and eastern European countries want to refocus their economies around knowledge-based industries. Ambitious projects in flying cars and cryptography are taking off, but is the infrastructure in place to turn the region into a technology hub?
What makes a good location for a start-up? How can entrepreneurs be sure they are getting good advice? Is it better to sell out or to establish a family business? With tips from successful business leaders, we consider many of the problems entrepreneurs face in a week-long series of reports and videos
There is a growing sense of maturity among the region’s law firms. Their clients are hungry for legal expertise, and in response the firms are showing a willingness to innovate. In this report, we also feature our annual list of the 10 most innovative individual lawyers
The Welsh capital has transformed itself from an industrial city fuelled by coal, into a centre for financial services and science, technology and creative sector companies. The next question for Cardiff’s companies is what the impact of Brexit will be
Watch and jewellery brands should not start celebrating yet: their sales are improving only falteringly. But while some say ecommerce is the answer, others see it as a threat. Plus: the rise, fall and rise of the pearl industry.
Saudi Arabia and the UAE are looking towards China for new trade links, although Saudi Arabia has also signed deals with the US. Morocco is banking on renewable energy, Jordan has made a refugee/trade deal with the EU, and Egypt is building an industrial hub on the Suez Canal.
Companies are under pressure to make their leadership more diverse, in order to understand and reflect better their customers. When it comes to ethnic minorities, however, change is slow. That raises the question of whether positive discrimination or even quotas would help speed things up
After WannaCry, what other technological horrors lurk on the web? Cyber attack is a wake-up call to investors. Ransomware: the robber on today’s digital highways. And how Russia displaced China as the main state cyber threat
A range of low-carbon technologies, ranging from solar and wind farms to battery parks and electric vehicles, are transforming power use across the world
It is one of the highlights of the horticultural calendar, but what is the show’s cultural significance? Top designers look ahead to this year’s event. Plus a sneak preview of London’s newly expanded Garden Museum and Robin Lane Fox explores La Mortola, once described as the greatest private garden in the world
Brazil appears to be on the move again. After a rocky 2016, there are signs that the deep recession could be coming to an end. Despite protests, the government is trying to cut back on spending and introduce changes that will ensure a more sustainable future
The global economy is recovering but luxury goods companies face a flat future unless they can innovate — whether that is headhunting a new creative director, paying influential Chinese bloggers or making eating an experience to remember
Gauteng province, home to Johannesburg, drives a third of South Africa’s economic output. We look at the efforts to tackle its struggles with corruption, gold mining, housing, crime, transport, power supply and other key issues
The rise of nationalism has attracted negative headlines, but even if investors have to tread more carefully in certain sectors and countries, the region’s underlying attractions remain broadly undimmed
The region’s fast growth rates could falter without massive investment in infrastructure, while China — which looks set to benefit from the US withdrawal from the TPP trade pact — is readying more lending firepower
This month we look at important questions about our future: is it time to have a serious debate about universal basic income?; the weaponisation of AI; and we review Vivek Wadhwa’s book about our unease over industrial revolution 4.0
