Author: <span>Josh Dornbrack</span>
Plus, steakhouse Hawksmoor is up for sale, election investment boost pending and record cash injection into equity funds
Big Zuu’s big vision: Innovating music, TV and the water industry
The rapper and TV presenter is a larger than life character who has turned a tough start into a mould-breaking success story
The woman behind a ticketing juggernaut
Plus, the next government to benefit from easing of the cost-of-living crisis, Tata Port Talbot steel plant strikes called off and Revolut reports record profits
Addressing the UK’s ‘tax gap’
Plus, newspapers reveal who they're backing in the general election, pension fund to "unlock access" to PE gains and exec pay gap between the UK and US widens
The risk of private equity to the economy
Plus, the UK's top 100 fastest-growing companies, the six high school friends now worth £1bn and Aviva chief says the next government can unlock £100bn of investment
Job openings on the decline
Plus, the UK's biggest lender has a major warning for the next PM, a spotlight on AI washing and new theme park to boost economy by nearly £50bn
The tragedy behind one angel’s public success
Angel investor and entrepreneur Peter Cowley talks about how his business success has come despite enormous personal tragedy
The tough choices over net zero
Plus, Lufthansa adds green surcharge to flight costs, how Bernard Arnault built LVMH and why Netflix thinks you should fire some employees
Are we set for another ‘great resignation’?
Plus, the secret WhatsApp group helping CEOs with isolation, pension insurance chief calls UK a “banana economy”, and a landmark AI lawsuit is tabled
Is AI plastering over real-world business problems?
Plus, how Adidas's CEO revived the sports brand, the London Stock Exchange gets a listing snub and Brussels accuses Apple of breaking big tech monopoly rules
Interest rates hold steady
Plus, Asos warns staff over virtual meetings, Sainsbury's pays to get rid of its bank and the eye-watering economic boost of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour
The UK’s 30-year investment shortfall
Plus, why Atom Bank is finding a four-day week “considerably less challenging” than hybrid working, Apple scraps buy now, pay later service and BYD's Euros triumph and struggles
SME funding gets a boost
Plus, Labour's EU trade plan, seasonal hiring plans and why the era of 'revenge spending' could be over
What the party manifestos mean for mid-sized businesses
Plus, Tesco sales on the rise, The Excel World Championships and Adidas's Euros ad
The untapped exporting potential of mid-sized firms
Plus, Labour releases its election manifesto, Elon Musk's bumper pay day comes closer and the power of 'divas'
‘Don’t call us the Chesney Hawkes of gaming’: How two friends helped Manchester become a gaming hotspot
Manchester is known for its music scene and football teams,
but two childhood friends are leading the way in making
the region a hotspot for the gaming industry
Why cities outside London are key to the UK’s economic growth
Plus, economic growth flatlines, rents on the up, mortgage arrears at seven year high and a reality check on the UK's gender gap
Wage growth on the rise
Plus, female business leaders are backing Rachel Reeves, one in three Asda staff have been attacked at work and Roger Federer's inspirational commencement address
Manifesto week and the FCA under pressure
Plus, unemployment on the rise, The Body Shop rescue on the rocks and Apple unveiling its move into generative AI
The rise, fall and acquittal of Mike Lynch
Plus, Asda has a new owner,
the ECB cuts interest rates and Liverpool owner John Henry on that European Super League move
Promising economic news
Plus, the leader behind the company that aids global expansion, Nvidia more valuable than Apple and McDonald's loses Big Mac trademark
Meet the business leader helping companies expand to Africa
Bolaji Sofoluwe is a firm believer in the power of the continent to deliver prosperity for ambitious companies and local economies
Export tips for the next government
Plus, how social media is moving beyond clickbait, the decline in takeovers and the campaign that "pissed off" the public and made an icon
Why chronic short-termism is holding the UK back
Plus, discover your unknown superpower, Monzo's CEO speaks after its first profitable year, consumer spending slows and a tribute to a legend