Britain

"The Sims had really kind of seeded that desire for homeownership in me at a young age," said Elle Hunt, a journalist based in the U.K. "And I'd spent the interim 20 years walking away from that dream a bit."

The British government has imposed a far-reaching ban on single-use plastics, creating opportunity for environmental entrepreneurs.

"She died — although at the age of 96 — too soon," said Marketplace's Stephen Beard.

"It's a bit like pushing a boulder up a hill," says London store owner Samantha Wallace.

There are only 800 companies who have one, and it takes some effort to get it.

It’s an industry that, in 2019, contributed nearly $200 billion to the U.K.’s economy, and supported nearly a million jobs.

Blackeyed Theatre, a touring group, on how the company weathered COVID-19 and the worst financial crisis in its history.

Across Europe, e-grocery is booming. Companies that successfully pivoted want to hold onto this new slice of business.

A year into the pandemic, statisticians are recalibrating the algorithms and metrics that measure how healthy our economies are.

Roopam Carroll runs a day care center in Nottingham, England. She explains how caregivers enable other kinds of work.