Purbeck Insurance Services has raised £9,139.38 for #ANDYSMANCLUB, linking each personal guarantee insurance policy sold or renewed to a £5 donation.
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When business pressure mounts, where can men turn?

Todd Davison
Oct 8 '26
Purbeck Insurance Services has raised £9,139.38 for #ANDYSMANCLUB, linking each personal guarantee insurance policy sold or renewed to a £5 donation
key person dependency

Your best people should make your business valuable, not vulnerable

Pavlo Phitidis
Oct 20 '26
Exceptional people build great businesses. Turning their expertise into lasting capability builds real value.
60-day payment rule

Are SMEs ready for the 60-day payment rule?

Rupert Lee-Browne
Oct 20 '26
Rupert Lee-Browne, CEO of Caxton, argues that the Commercial Payments Bill’s 60-day payment rule is welcome news for SMEs – but only if they use the breathing space to overhaul their own payment processes first.
customer communication

Blinkers on when communicating at work?

Fiona Talbot
Oct 19 '26
Better to look at the whole picture and see everyone as customers.
AI for Every Business

Enterprise Nation and Visa Foundation launch $2 million initiative to close small business AI gap

Andy Swales
Oct 19 '26
Aim is to close small business AI gap across UK and Ireland
No-Risk Side Hustle

No-Risk Side Hustle by Jimmy Cockerton

Matt Davidson
Oct 16 '26
Sometimes the biggest barrier to starting a business is not a lack of ideas or ambition, but finding the time, confidence and resources to take the first step.
agentic AI small business

Why AI is essential to the small business ecosystem

Michelle Ovens
Oct 15 '26
AI has opened the door to entrepreneurship, but now we need to help small businesses take it to the next level
Measuring business's force for good.

Measuring business’s force for good

Liz Barclay
Oct 14 '26
How do we know that business is genuinely a force for good? We must gather the evidence
More business owners put personal assets behind bigger loans

More business owners put personal assets behind bigger loans

Andy Swales
Oct 13 '26
Applications for personal guarantee insurance rose 62% in the third quarter of 2026, as average loan values climbed and working capital remained the leading reason to borrow.
Discover how consumer trust influences purchasing decisions, from recommendations and influencers to online reviews and generational differences.

Trust fuels purchasing power

Kerrie Dorman
Oct 13 '26
Kerrie Dorman of The Trust Builders explores who we actually trust when making purchasing decisions – from friends and colleagues to influencers and chatbots – and what the research reveals about generational differences in trust
James Walker of Lightning Oak explains how governance, risk expertise and independent board advice can help founders make better decisions.

From audits to advice: the risk and governance expert helping founders find success

John Bowen
Oct 13 '26
Global Head of Audit. Non-Executive Director. Board Advisor. Trustee. The wealth of roles James Walker has undertaken as part of his career and long-standing volunteering commitments have given him a unique perspective on risk, auditing and business management challenges which transcend organisational size and sector
Discover why a business sale valuation is only the starting point and how deal structure, earnouts, debt and deferred payments affect the final outcome.

The deal behind the headline number

Sahil Nayyar
Oct 12 '26
The headline valuation rarely tells the whole story. Sahil Nayyar, shareholder & director at Cavu Corporate Finance, explains what founders selling a business need to understand