Charlotte Staerck, co-founder and CEO of The Handbag Clinic, on the lesson she learned after cutting her marketing budget by two-thirds – and why the rules that apply to scaling a mass-market business do not apply to a niche one

John Healey, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has a golden opportunity to show Britain’s SMEs that he’s on our side. Will he fumble the ball?

As the Chancellor prepares to deliver the Autumn Budget, CIMA’s Building a Better Business report reveals a significant gap between the challenges policymakers focus on and those businesses actually face – and sets out what needs to change

Glenn Collins, Head of Technical and Strategic Engagement at ACCA UK, argues that SME confidence is recovering from a low base, and sets out three tests the Chancellor’s Budget must pass to protect that fragile momentum

While well executed in parts, Companies House’s identity verification roll-out has exposed a problem: blanket rules are overcomplicating compliance for solo-founders and micro-businesses

Millions of the small businesses Britain relies on every day are operating with less visibility, support and recognition than they deserve. Kate Hayward, UK Managing Director of Xero, argues that changing that starts with a conversation

Charlie Mullins OBE, founder of Pimlico Plumbers, argues that decades of prioritising university over apprenticeships have left businesses short of skilled people and young people short of practical opportunity – and that the solution is straightforward if ministers are willing to act on it

Exceptional people build great businesses. Turning their expertise into lasting capability builds real value

Better to look at the whole picture and see everyone as customers

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