By Ben Moore
We quizzed Simon Down, deputy dean of Lord Ashcroft International Business School, about an exclusive YouGov survey investigating the opinions of 700 SME decision makers on how the Brexit may affect SMEs’ export.
Open Utility, co-founded by James Johnston, Alice Tyler and Andy Kilner, is marrying big data technology with Britain’s growing community renewables movement to change the way we buy and sell energy. It’s a worthy part of our 2016 Everline Future 50 class.
With a new CEO at the helm and loans to consumers now surpassing £500m during the year, peer-to-peer finance provider Zopa has much to celebrate – not least the accolade of Growing Business of the Year: Smaller Company at the 2016 Growing Business Awards.
If there’s one thing that’s going to make a business sit up and listen – its money, especially when it comes to avoidable fines. So, with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) listing over £800m worth of fines to businesses breaching financial principles on its website, you would think the industry would be more careful about its conduct.
By Simon Brooke
October is one of those times of the year that traditionally gives rise to yet more changes in employment law.
By David Craik
Owner managed businesses (OMBs) are optimistic about the country’s, and their own, economic growth.
By Barry James
As the FCA’s latest CEO falls by the wayside, Barry James urges Osborne and the government to pause for a moment and think long and hard about a decision that will have a profound impact on the world of finance in the coming decade – remembering to marry regulation with innovation.
In his first speech since being appointed business secretary, Sajid Javid explained that it was quite fitting to set out his priorities for supporting Britain’s SMEs in Britsol – the place where his father’s cotton mill taught him the principles of running a small company.
Happy that the last government has made education “boring”, but wanting less interference as a business owner, Richard Harris shares his thoughts with us ahead of the May general election.
As someone heavily involved in the financing of growth businesses in the UK, it was no surprise that access to capital figured highly on Paul Mildenstein’s list of big issues. However, as the CEO of a small business himself, that was not all he wanted to talk about.
