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The lab-grown diamond category has evolved into a distinct segment within fine jewelry, shaped by a more informed and value-conscious consumer. Rather than serving as a substitute for natural diamonds, it is increasingly evaluated on its own terms, particularly for its pricing structure, consistency, and flexibility in design. Online retail has played a central role […]

Giuliano Gonzalez did not set out to build an AI reputation firm. He spent years in public relations and brand strategy before ChatGPT existed, placing clients on top-tier media outlets and observing how Google’s algorithm rewarded brands that earned authority across the right sources on the internet. Then, in early 2025, he noticed a shift […]

How the contrasting styles of two entrepreneurs saw them team up as partners, taking them from startup risk to leading the UK arm of one of Europe’s top AI-driven consultancies Some business partnerships are engineered. Others form under pressure and hold because neither side ever gives the other a reason to doubt them. Steve Crowley […]

From an early age, ambition is often shaped by visibility. Maria Psarra, Founder and Director of Iris Wealth Management, reflects on this concept, recalling how childhood aspirations often begin with exposure. “For you and me to become what we wanted to be when we grew up, we saw it first,” she says. This insight informs […]

For families who spend their time between country clubs and a robust offline circuit of invitation-only events, elite universities represent one of the last remaining truly competitive arenas where access is often denied. Within that arena, a dean of admissions symbolizes the final gatekeeper who decides who crosses the threshold and who does not. Drusilla […]

Designers often arrive at projects with answers already in hand. Robert Polacek, co-founder and Creative Director of RoseBernard Studio, is not that designer. With a design practice spanning numerous countries, Polacek has built an entire working mindset around the opposite approach: listening comes first, designing comes second, and the real work happens in the space […]

A new Bill aimed at tackling overdue invoices and improving cash flow for small businesses has been introduced in Parliament, marking the most significant intervention on late payments in more than two decades.

For years, many high earners relied on the same advisor they were first introduced to: a broker recommended by a colleague, a banker at the firm that handled their mortgage, or a representative tied to a particular insurance company. The advice often felt “free,” the relationship familiar, and the details of how the advisor got […]

If you spend enough time running events, you start to feel where things fall apart, and surprisingly, it’s rarely during the event itself. People show up, the experience works, and, for a moment, it feels like everything is clicking. Then it ends, and most of what you built fades faster than it should. The audience […]

Kody had a fashion brand with real potential and a product people wanted. According to him, the brand was already generating steady monthly revenue through Meta Ads, but Google Ads felt unfamiliar compared to Meta, and Kody was unsure whether it would be the right fit for his store or worth prioritizing at the time. […]

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The story New Yorkers have been told about insurance-based therapy goes like this. Either you pay out of pocket for a private therapist who has the time to actually know you, or you take what your insurance will cover and accept that the work may feel rushed and generic. Most of the industry has organized […]

UK businesses are being urged to strengthen their cyber defences against fast-evolving AI-enabled threats.

An AI ethicist is encouraging a broader conversation about how poverty is understood — and what questions the field may still need to ask. Ask Shekhar Natarajan to define poverty, and he does not begin where audiences expect him to. He does not begin with the streetlight in South Central India, the one he studied […]

Natarajan represents a new class of leaders who work to support the development of artificial intelligence in line with accountability, intention, and real-world impact. As artificial intelligence rapidly reshapes industries, the conversation is not only centered on innovation but is also increasingly associated with considerations of responsibility. For Shekhar Natarajan, that shift has long been […]

Artificial intelligence is often framed as a tool that speeds everything up. It helps generate, automate, and accelerate. In design engineering, however, the work has traditionally been defined by something else. Taste, iteration, and attention to detail. These are not areas where AI naturally excels, at least not yet. This tension is becoming more visible […]

Alex Stella, Managing Director at InvestorHub, argues that investor communication is undergoing a structural shift as public companies adjust to a shareholder base that behaves more like a digital audience than a traditional institutional network. InvestorHub is built for this reality, giving listed companies a unified platform to identify investors, track engagement, and communicate with […]

US growth platform helps ambitious UK scale-ups achieve faster successful exits.

Mayeen Rahman’s journey to becoming a self-made entrepreneur started with one realization: no one was coming to change his life. He was living in Bangladesh and saw, through the internet, people all around the world who were changing their own lives, building success with their own hands. He wanted that for himself, too. Now, Mayeen […]

Totem Learning, a UK-based digital learning innovator specialising in behavioural science and immersive training, identifies a recurring pattern across organisations: substantial investment in training initiatives alongside limited understanding of the specific challenges those initiatives are meant to resolve. In response, Totem Learning positions itself as a partner focused on helping organisations interpret their internal realities […]

Five years ago, most enterprise revenue teams accepted complexity as a reasonable cost of capability, building their commercial infrastructure from a collection of best-in-class point solutions that each solved a specific problem and created a new one at every boundary between them. Quoting handled in one system, billing managed in another, and contract execution living […]

Hendrik Hey was running one of Germany’s most successful media companies when he realized that the industry’s payment economics had a structural problem.  Royalty statements arrive late, filled with deductions nobody can explain. Rights are split among intermediaries, each taking a cut. By the time revenue reaches the original creators, much of the value has […]

Residents of London now have a wider range of healthcare options. Today’s patient is no longer interested in where care is available – but where it begins. At the center of this shift lies a more informed, more demanding patient, and this is where Acıbadem Healthcare Group, one of Turkey’s largest integrated health systems, comes […]

Perception often plays a role in how people interpret space. For Leigh Davies and Amanda Green, co-founders of The Property Presenters, that perception is influenced by what is seen, felt, and understood in the first encounter with a property.  “We are all visually driven,” Green says. “The way a property is presented in those first […]

I sat down to prepare a career presentation for a group of women expecting to talk about progress and opportunity. Instead, the conversation quickly revealed something else. Many were not asking how to advance, but how to sustain their careers. That shift captures the reality of work for many women more clearly than any statistic.  […]

EWIB 2026 unveils agenda, speakers and new after-party plans

Isabelle Back grew up with a forest across the street in Sweden, where she developed an early interest in nature. She studied sustainability before moving to Australia, where she worked in banking. There, she gained experience in ESG initiatives, client relationships, strategy, and capital allocation. These skills provided a foundation for starting her own business. […]

UK unveils sweeping reforms to modernise payments and fintech sector

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Supy transforms restaurant operations using AI to reduce costs significantly