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.

How do we know that business is genuinely a force for good? We must gather the evidence

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

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

Trusha Lakhani of Great Business Matters argues that advisory boards are not just for large corporates – and that most growing SMEs are missing a critical source of outside perspective

Paul Hargreaves of Cotswold Fayre argues that discovering your personal purpose – and aligning your work to it – is not just a philosophical exercise but a practical route to a more fulfilled life and business

Businesses become valuable when responsibility moves beyond the founder. Succession begins with delegation, not ownership

Entrepreneur Andrew Scott, CEO of The Ascot Group, shares the lessons he learned from hitting rock bottom and starting again

Andreas Adamides explains how founders can identify low‑impact decisions to stop making, delegate authority effectively, and shift focus to strategic choices that drive scale and leadership leverage

For SMEs, fleet management has got a lot more complex, and is no longer just about fuel cards and mileage. Shell’s UK General Manager of Mobility and Convenience, Janine Albrecht Webb, explains how visibility, simplicity and flexibility are becoming central to managing mixed fleets…

Emma van Rooyen warns that UK SMEs must shift AI focus from productivity to governance, highlighting rising automated web traffic, decision‑making risks and cyber exposure

Chris Forbes, co-founder of Cheeky Panda, argues that by the time a trend is widely discussed, it is often too late to capitalise on it – and that the biggest rewards go to entrepreneurs who identify the reason behind a trend, not the trend itself