Features

As freelance workers proliferate, the “gig economy” gathers pace and project-based working becomes the norm, the real estate and office management industry is reinventing the traditional workspace for the digital age.

Against the stunning backdrop of the skyscrapers of Lower Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty, New Yorkers this month enjoyed a privileged preview of the motorsport of tomorrow when Formula E came to town.

In a world where consumer tastes can transform almost overnight, only those companies with the ability to respond rapidly and imaginatively to change will be able to survive and thrive. As consumers migrate to SUV designs and five-door body types, carmakers have been forced to eliminate some of Europe’s most iconic three-door models.

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February, SEAT released a concept car that represents a radical new answer to the challenges of urban reinvention. The Minimó, combines the safety and comfort of a car with the agility and easy parking of a motorbike.

With air quality in cities deteriorating over recent years, sustainable mobility solutions are coming into focus. We are at the outset of an eco-cars era.

Q&A with Vinicius Lummertz, President of Embratur, the Brazilian Tourism Board: "According to the World Economic Forum, no country has natural resources with more potential for tourism than Brazil."

Mining companies have put the excesses of the commodity boom behind them and are refocusing their investments on innovation.

Interview with Xavier Ros, VP Human Resources, SEAT: "Wellness is the excellence of health. We want not only physical wellness, but also mental wellness because we want our workers to be happy."

"SEAT is positioned in the mass segment and we want to position Cupra higher than that in terms of performance, design, uniqueness and sophistication." Wayne Griffiths, VP Sales and Marketing, SEAT

Just as the steam engine has come to symbolize the industrial revolution of the 19th century, perhaps no single object represents the democratic, consumer-centered economies of the 20th century better than the mass-produced automobile.