Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
A year after the non-dom regime was scrapped, says Richard Alvin, the data is in. The capital, the giving and the City salaries that have left…
6 April brings higher employer NICs, the rates revaluation, and IHT bear-traps for family firms. Richard Alvin: in Britain, ‘growth’ is something done to you, not…
UK industrial energy is four times the US. Richard Alvin on the slow strangulation of British manufacturing — and the policy choices we are dressing up…
Big consultancies are slashing graduate intakes. Richard Alvin warns Britain’s talent pipeline is breaking, and that the next generation of partners and CFOs has to come…
In a recent Acas survey, employers and employees were asked which three changes in the Employment Rights Act 2025 would have the biggest impact in their…
A year after Labour’s ‘Growth and Skills’ rebrand, says Richard Alvin, the levy still funnels money to MBA-flavoured consultancies while the real apprenticeships die quietly.
CareLineLive founder Josh Hough says neurodiverse workers could have a competitive edge in the AI economy, as businesses seek skills like pattern recognition and problem solving.
The red box has been and gone. Richard Alvin reacts to Rachel Reeves’s Spring Statement — and why Britain’s small firms have, again, been treated as…
The Chancellor’s Spring Statement is a week away. Richard Alvin on what Britain’s SMEs are bracing for, and the four moves Rachel Reeves should make if…
We are heading towards a time where five generations share the workplace. From Baby Boomers to Gen Z, employees bring very different experiences, values and expectations.
Another IWD of pastel-pink panels while female founders still get a fraction of UK venture capital. Richard Alvin: the gap is in capital allocation, not breakfast…
Mocktails won’t pay the gas bill. Richard Alvin on how Britain’s wellness wars are quietly sinking the public house — and the case for treating the…
Zoe Adjey, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Hospitality and Tourism, Department of Innovation and Management, Royal Docks School of Business and Law gives her opinion on the…
In many organisations, portfolio is still viewed as a list of products and services – something to be expanded in the hope that more choice will…
Britain’s big firms are still paying small ones in 90 days plus. Richard Alvin argues late payment is a quiet pandemic — and the Treasury must…