Richard Osborne
Richard Osborne
Richard Osborne is the CEO of UK Business Forums, the largest independently-owned small business organisation in the UK with over 350,000 members. Richard is a successful entrepreneur with a track history of business growth and employee engagement. He’s built up a number of businesses, with the common theme of exploiting online technology.
UK startup hotspot predictions for 2023

UK startup hotspot predictions for 2023

Richard Osborne
Mar 7 '23
While London is one of the biggest common business hives in the world, the UK is teetering on the verge of a recession and business leaders will assuredly face many headaches in 2023.
Bye bye BEIS: Small businesses react to surprising news of Rishi Sunak’s cabinet reshuffle

Bye bye BEIS: Small businesses react to surprising news of Rishi Sunak’s cabinet reshuffle

Richard Osborne
Feb 21 '23
As a result of prime minister Rishi Sunak’s cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday February 7, the current departments for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) have been carved into four new portfolios