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Opinion and analysis on running a services business.

Two stories broke in the same news cycle. One is about protecting machines from hackers. The other is about a man who protected himself…

16 Sept 2026 · 4 min

By 2027, the UK's traditional landline network switches off for good. Every business still running calls through analogue lines will be…

13 Sept 2026 · 5 min

Britain has a savings problem. Not a lack of savings — a lack of engagement with the savings that already exist. Right now, hundreds of…

10 Sept 2026 · 5 min

The government is putting money where its growth ambitions are. A new £150m fund for start-ups and scale-ups in the North of England has…

7 Sept 2026 · 3 min

Walk down most British high streets right now and you'll see the same thing: shuttered units, "To Let" signs that have been up for months,…

4 Sept 2026 · 5 min

The Financial Conduct Authority is doing two very different things at once. It's warning young investors that AI chatbots aren't the safety…

1 Sept 2026 · 5 min

Young investors trust artificial intelligence more than they trust television, the press, or celebrity endorsements. That's not speculation…

29 Aug 2026 · 4 min

Financial distress makes people do strange things. It makes struggling business owners rush into insolvency solutions without checking the…

26 Aug 2026 · 4 min

Morrisons wants its old spot back. The supermarket that once sat comfortably in the UK's "big four" has spent years watching Aldi and Lidl…

23 Aug 2026 · 4 min

Regulation doesn't usually make headlines for creating opportunity. It's normally the thing businesses complain about at conferences, blame…

20 Aug 2026 · 4 min

Ambition is not the problem. Fabricating a €200m bond portfolio to back it up is. That's the lesson from the FCA's latest enforcement…

17 Aug 2026 · 5 min

A public boardroom row at a discount retailer might seem like distant news if you're running a scaling business. It isn't. The Works is…

14 Aug 2026 · 5 min

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