The findings of the eighth annual CFO Research Global Business and Spending Monitor, based on a sampling of 565 senior finance and corporate executives, highlighted the reasons why 64 per cent of UK companies have reported higher revenues than a year ago.
According to the Prince's Initiative for Mature Enterprise, there are 4.17m self-employed workers in the UK, of which 42 per cent are over 50. Here are five entrepreneurs, aged 52 and over, that didn't let old age stop them.
Having set up her business during the last period of government, Gracia Amico, CEO of PetsPyjamas, becomes the latest entrepreneur to feature in our "I'm voting as..." series and explains what policy she favours most.
Ask a senior business leader whether MPs and the government know what is really needed to create a free-flowing and prosperous economy and you'll probably get "no" most of the time. Technology business builder Adam Hale, of Fairsail, has shared his insight with us.
From wine makers to those at the helm of fast-growth technology businesses, our "I'm voting as..." series will be unearthing the desires of business leaders in the approach to the 2015 general election. Next in the firing line is a well-known face from the fund manager space, Gervais Williams.
Analysis by Grant Thornton has found that the economic contribution of companies listed on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) directly contributed £14.7bn to the UK economy in 2013.
The first few key policies that might cross your mind when thinking of the Green Party will probably not involve business or the economy but, as Real Business has found out, it’s a space becoming increasingly relevant for the traditionally environmentally-led party.
With contrasting opinion polls making it hard to determine who will come out top in May's general election, Real Business has been hearing from business leaders on what will be impacting on their decision. Next in line is Adam Tavener, who has spent the last few years disrupting the alternative finance market.
Entrepreneurs are less confident about business growth, according to the latest results for Smith & Williamson's quarterly Enterprise Index.
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