Starting a Business

Starting a Business

Candid HR: Emma Harvey’s Partnership-Driven Approach to Helping UK Businesses Navigate Complex People Challenges and Employment Law Changes

After more than 20 years in senior corporate HR roles, Emma Harvey, founder of Candid HR, has experienced the realities of people management at every level. Having led HR functions within global organisations across logistics, print, and healthcare, she frames those years as a rigorous apprenticeship. “When you have spent two decades heading up HR […]
Starting a Business

Lights, Camera, Conic

Jen Davies and Graham Fulton co-founded Conic to bring fresh, meaningful films to UK audiences. From challenges to triumphs, Jen reveals how their shared vision, a pint in hand, and a dedication to creativity shaped their film distribution journey.
By Patricia Cullen
Starting a Business

How Startups Turn Frontier Research Into Everyday Utility

Each day, in thousands of academic papers, breakthroughs are announced across the fields of science and technology. While the world awards the brightest researchers with world-renowned prizes for advancing humanity’s knowledge, those breakthroughs often do not reach ordinary people. This problem, which is often described as a “valley of death,” is one of the greatest […]
Starting a Business

Launching a UK Business?

More than 36,000 businesses in the UK are owned by international entrepreneurs, according to the Office for National Statistics, proving Britain remains a viable location to launch and run a new venture.
By Yulia Barnes
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Launching a UK Business?

More than 36,000 businesses in the UK are owned by international entrepreneurs, according to the Office for National Statistics, proving Britain remains a viable location to launch and run a new venture.
By Yulia Barnes
Starting a Business

Small And Mighty

Small Business Britain launches a nationwide initiative to turn the UK's smallest ventures into powerful engines of growth—with live mentorship, expert training, and a bold vision for scale.
By Mina Vucic
Technology

How London Built the World’s Best Legal AI Ecosystem

Self-flagellation feels part of the British psyche these days. It has become fashionable to beat down on the UK, be that tech bros calling the country a 'museum' bereft of growth and innovation, Brits en masse recently voting against the status quo, or pro-Europe Londoners watching this all play out while mouthing 'I told you so'.
By Michael Grupp
Business News

Starting Smart

In the fiercely competitive world of start ups, identifying the right problem to solve can be as challenging as building the solution itself.
By Patricia Cullen
Business News

Butter, Boldness, and British Farming

When Toby Hopkinson and his best friend, chef Thomas Straker, set out to build a butter brand from scratch, the goal wasn't modest: they wanted to elevate everyday cooking to "restaurant-deliciousness."
By Patricia Cullen
Business News

Man to Mission

David Millar turned a personal crisis into a powerful movement, founding Mantra Menswork to help men reconnect, heal, and grow. In this Entrepreneur UK Q&A, he shares the deeply personal story behind the business and the wisdom earned along the way.
Business News

The Sound of Innovation

From a simple problem to a global solution, discover how one creative idea turned into a game-changing product for musicians, despite the odds.
By uk staff