Yet many established, trusted brands operate in the most tightly regulated industries, among them banking, aviation and pharmaceuticals. Far from treating regulation as a hindrance, they use it to their advantage. This piece looks at what heavily regulated companies do differently, and which of those habits an SME can adopt,Continue Reading
Ask most British business owners where their AI tools actually run and you will get a shrug. The honest answer is in data centres, and Europe does not have nearly enough of the kind built for AI. Power hungry, packed with specialist chips and expensive to build, these facilities haveContinue Reading
Entrepreneurs have backed Jeremy Clarkson after the broadcaster and publican asked the Conservative Party conference this week why anybody would set up a business in Britain, three weeks before the Budget on 28 October. The former Top Gear presenter, who now runs a farm and a pub, criticised Labour’s treatmentContinue Reading
If you are planning to open a company in Poland this year, the difference between a smooth launch and a slow one usually comes down to choosing the right legal form, preparing documents early, and understanding what banks and tax offices will ask for after registration. This guide walks throughContinue Reading
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Stocks in London made progress on Tuesday, supported by falling oil prices, a calmer bond market and US stock gains. In London, the FTSE 100Continue Reading
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in The Scottish Government will “explore every option” to save the 377 workers at risk from the planned closure of a chemical manufacturer in Grangemouth, StephenContinue Reading
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Paramount has completed its 110 billion US dollar (£83 billion) mammoth takeover of Warner Bros Discovery to create a new Hollywood giant called Skydance. TheContinue Reading
The Co-operative Bank has ranked Bradford as the UK city where charity shops face the greatest challenges in 2026, with a high street vacancy rate of 18 per cent, the highest of the 10 cities in its table. The bank’s analysis, published on 23 September, scored cities on retail rents,Continue Reading
Andy Haldane, the president of the British Chambers of Commerce and an informal economic adviser to Andy Burnham, has warned that the government is fiscally “skating on pretty thin ice” and cautioned against further tax rises in the Budget on 28 October. In an interview with CNBC, the former BankContinue Reading
John Healey, the chancellor, told the chief executives of Britain’s biggest banks today that the UK faces a tough fiscal position but that he has yet to decide whether to raise taxes on the industry, according to people with knowledge of the meeting. The talks took place in Downing StreetContinue Reading
