Rachel Reeves felt like she had done enough. This was in every sense exactly as the chancellor billed it: a Labour budget with Labour values. Higher taxes, higher welfare spending, all calibrated with ...

We are all supposed to be pragmatists now, except in sport. There is an old joke that the US lived out its socialism through American sports (where redistribution and competitive equipoise are common ...

On February 9, 2006, Tesco announced plans to expand into the US. At the time, the retailer could do little wrong. It was a behemoth of British business. Under the leadership of Sir Terry Leahy, the ...

When Hair Syrup founder Lucie Macloud first told her parents she planned to start selling hair oils, their response was swift. “They said, ‘you won’t be doing this under our roof’,” she recalls, ...

Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) is transforming the way organisations operate, driving efficiencies and improving productivity. However, the adoption and use of this technology is associated ...

“I find it really painful if a club comes here and wins,” says Gtech founder and CEO Nick Grey. “Fortunately, it doesn’t happen too often.” It’s midweek and he’s sitting in the empty stands of the ...

Marks & Spencer is probably the best-known business in Britain. But when Stuart Machin joined in 2018 it had been struggling for years. Since then he has led an extraordinary turnaround of the high ...

Whenever anyone in a business hands in their notice or is off for an extended period (for example for sickness or parental leave) there is concern about the transfer of knowledge. In almost every role ...

Established in 1998 by Richard Reed, Adam Balon and Jon Wright, Innocent Drinks started out selling smoothies at a music festival in London. From these beginnings, it has grown into a global ...

“If you pitched the idea of The Social Hub on Dragons’ Den, I think the Dragons would have a few questions,” says Abdul Eneser, with a wry smile. He is a final-year law student at the University of ...

Natalie Campbell is the co-CEO of Belu Water, a social enterprise that provides mineral water, sourced from Wales, primarily to the hospitality industry. Belu Water was founded in 2002 and posted ...

Nicola Hodson is the chairman of IBM in the UK and Ireland and one of the most senior women in tech. IBM has a long legacy in pioneering technology. It’s working closely right now with British ...