Most small businesses do not lose customers because their product is impossible to understand. They lose them because the first few minutes feel harder than they should. A visitor lands on a website, sees too many options, cannot work out the next step and leaves. The same thing happens inContinue Reading
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Goalhanger, the independent British production company behind The Rest Is Football, has converted a 40-day World Cup experiment into a two-year deal with Netflix, in a move that offers a masterclass for any UK business looking to punch above its weight with a global partner. The show, hosted by GaryContinue Reading
A recruitment campaign built inside an upcycled Airbus fuselage has landed at the Farnborough International Airshow, carrying an awkward message for one of Britain’s flagship industries: the average job pays £52,600, and there are still 10,000 of them going unfilled every year. The There’s Aerospace For You pod, created fromContinue Reading
Sign up to our free money newsletter for investment analysis and expert advice to help you build wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth Sign up to our free money email for help building your wealth Andy Burnham assumed his role as prime ministerContinue Reading
The bond markets took barely an afternoon to deliver their first verdict on Andy Burnham’s premiership: lending to Britain just got more expensive, and the cost of credit for its businesses may not be far behind. The yield on 10-year gilts rose 0.05 points to 4.97 per cent after theContinue Reading
The company behind UKREiiF, the Leeds forum that has grown in four years into the UK’s largest gathering for real estate and infrastructure, is taking its model overseas. Australia has been chosen as the venue for its first international event, launching in 2027. It is a striking piece of BritishContinue Reading
The Chinese owner of British Steel has demanded compensation from the UK government, accusing ministers of “trampling on international investment rules” just days after the Scunthorpe steelmaker was taken into public ownership. Jingye, which bought British Steel for £70 million in 2020 after the business fell into the hands ofContinue Reading
Manchester has been named the UK’s most AI-ready city for the third year in a row, and the message for business owners is hard to miss: the country’s AI economy is no longer a London story. The SAS AI Cities Index 2026, now in its fifth year, ranks cities outsideContinue Reading
