Economics Archives - Positive News https://www.positive.news/category/economics/ Good journalism about good things Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:30:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-150x150.png Economics Archives - Positive News https://www.positive.news/category/economics/ 32 32 Time for a change? Five ways to navigate a mid-career transition https://www.positive.news/society/time-for-a-change-five-ways-to-navigate-a-mid-career-transition/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:05:29 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=572362 Switching career can be daunting, but hugely rewarding. Here are five steps to make the transition easier

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]]> ‘In Romania now, you don’t see a bottle anywhere’ https://www.positive.news/economics/romanias-recycling-revolution-lifts-off/ Mon, 09 Mar 2026 10:03:40 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=569242 A deposit return scheme for drink bottles and cans in Romania has ‘made the impossible possible’

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]]> What went right this week: progress in tumultuous times, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-10-of-2026/ Fri, 06 Mar 2026 05:16:49 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=569097 Health breakthroughs, a Ukrainian conservation success, and a win for river defenders in the Amazon, plus more

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]]> How a police data centre is heating London’s homes https://www.positive.news/science/innovation/how-a-police-data-centre-is-heating-londons-homes/ Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:55:40 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=568232 A west London project will use waste heat to supply low-carbon heating to 4,000 homes and a new commercial district

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]]> Four things we learned making The Purpose Pioneers podcast https://www.positive.news/society/four-things-we-learned-making-the-purpose-pioneers-podcast/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=568164 From life-shifting encounters to small steps that help us “eat the elephant”: the things we learned from our new podcast guests

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]]> Will Pride in Place put communities back in charge of regeneration? https://www.positive.news/society/will-pride-in-place-put-communities-back-in-charge-of-regeneration/ Fri, 06 Feb 2026 13:09:39 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=566071 Tom Pattinson talks to the UK prime minister about a new scheme to help communities revive their neighbourhoods

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]]> How communities are stepping up to revive our tired towns and cities https://www.positive.news/society/how-communities-are-stepping-up-to-revive-our-tired-towns/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:40:10 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=565960 From ferry companies to pubs, communities are buying local assets to run for themselves. Could new funding supercharge the movement?

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]]> We tried to buy nothing new for the whole of January. Here’s how we got on https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/we-tried-to-buy-nothing-new-for-the-whole-of-january-heres-how-we-got-on/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 13:00:25 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=565833 Our team rose to the challenge of Buy Nothing New Month. Some fared better than others. This is what we learned taking part

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]]> Behind the scenes of the first Positive News video podcast https://www.positive.news/economics/good-business/behind-the-scenes-of-the-purpose-pioneers-podcast/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:24:33 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=564940 What it took to turn an idea into a podcast, and the conversations that emerged along the way

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]]> The researchers reshaping the future of women-led business in Yorkshire https://www.positive.news/society/the-new-research-that-will-help-female-entrepreneurs-in-yorkshire-to-fly/ Wed, 21 Jan 2026 14:13:05 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=563095 A tenacious group of entrepreneurs and advocates are working to break barriers for female-led business in York and North Yorkshire

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