Michelle Ovens, Author at Elite Business Magazine

Michelle Ovens

Michelle Ovens CBE is founder of Small Business Britain, the UK’s leading champion of UK small businesses. Michelle is also director of Small Business Saturday, a campaign to support, inspire and promote small businesses, on the day and beyond.

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

What small businesses need from the new prime minister

Michelle Ovens

Jul 28 '26

Michelle Ovens CBE of Small Business Britain sets out five commitments the new prime minister must make to put the UK’s 5.7 million SMEs at the heart of the growth agenda

How the Maple Review will unlock opportunity for people from economically disadvantaged backgrounds

Michelle Ovens

Jul 25 '25

This summer, we launched the Maple Review, which marks a pivotal moment in our efforts to build a truly inclusive entrepreneurial landscape in the UK

Despite entrepreneurial load, female business owners thrive

Michelle Ovens

May 13 '25

Entrepreneurship isn’t just about starting a business—it’s about starting a new chapter of personal empowerment and transformation, for yourself and others

Disability finance code for entrepreneurship launched to tackle barriers to entrepreneurship

Michelle Ovens

Mar 21 '25

The 5.5 million small businesses in the UK are the heart and soul of our nation, and we know their make-up across the country varies a great amount

Small Business Saturday showed high public support for small businesses this festive season

Michelle Ovens

Jan 10 '25

The 5.5 million small businesses in the UK are the heart and soul of our communities, bringing joy and vibrancy to our lives and local areas, as well as delivering essential local services

Female founders are optimistic and ambitious—but they need our support to succeed

Michelle Ovens

Oct 2 '24

At Small Business Britain, we work with an incredible community of female founders who educate and inspire us every day. However, this is relatively unusual in the business community…

What small businesses want from the next Government

Michelle Ovens

Jul 1 '24

It is imperative that the next Government puts small businesses at the heart of its strategy for the country, with policies that enable them to drive growth for the UK

Helping microbusinesses to have full opportunity to grow

Michelle Ovens

May 10 '24

In all the time I’ve worked with small businesses sole traders and microbusinesses have always stood out as being particularly ripe for growth

UK recession impacts small business confidence – but we can still inspire optimism for 2024

Michelle Ovens

Mar 13 '24

Last month, we officially learned that the UK entered recession in the latter quarter of 2023—so far hopefully a mild recession, but one that small businesses certainly have felt the effects of

Small businesses needs our activism

Michelle Ovens

Jan 19 '24

This winter, another extremely difficult one for small businesses, a much-needed ray of light was shone through the Small Business Saturday campaign as entrepreneurs navigated the end of the year