For small business owners, the promise of artificial intelligence often feels like a luxury reserved for the giants of industry. While headlines focus on multi-billion-pound investments by global conglomerates, the reality for the average small and medium-sized business is far more grounded

Emma Jones CBE, the UK Small Business Commissioner, explains how small businesses can use AI tools to reduce the 86 hours a year lost to chasing late payments, with practical steps to get started

Phil Hobden on the future of accountants, banks and technology working together for SMEs

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

Nick Dormon reflects on the rise of screen fatigue – humans were never designed to stare at screens all day – and asks what this means for how we work, communicate and lead

Julie Firth of STORY22 explains why the businesses pulling ahead with AI are not the ones with the best prompts – they are the ones who did the hard work on their marketing fundamentals years ago

Philipp Buschmann, co-founder and CEO of AAZZUR, explains why he walked away from building a neobank, how embedded finance is reshaping financial services, and why AI will make the next wave of change harder to ignore

New research finds AI boosts productivity but misses solo entrepreneurs’ biggest challenges, leaving shallow adopters at risk of falling behind

Dr Alka Patel explains how CEOs can protect their most valuable asset, the brain, by measuring cognition and underlying biology

Thomas Hal Robson-Kanu argues that Britain’s health-claims framework must evolve to support evidence-led innovation in functional FMCG

Tamara Littleton advises CEOs to regularly assess risks, cut ineffective processes and embrace honest pre-mortems to keep businesses thriving

Anthony Impey MBE draws on the story of the Lyons Electronic Office to argue that AI adoption requires organisational readiness, not just technology investment