Entering new markets drives growth but can trip up the unwary. Here’s everything you need to know before you start

Sarah Vizard
Sarah Vizard is the deputy editor-in-chief of Business Leader.

The Business Leader team are joined by the political editor of The Times Steven Swinford to cover what you need to know about the tariffs

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The Business Leader editorial team look at the year ahead, the trends we expect to see, what leaders should stop doing and much more

An effective board of directors plays a critical role in the success of a business, but knowing when and how to set one up is tricky

Richard Harpin, the founder of HomeServe and Growth Partner and owner of Business Leader, answers your burning business questions

Graham Ruddick, Sarah Vizard and Dougal Shaw get together to discuss what they have learned in 2024 and their top business tips

Ross Farquhar, marketing director at Little Moons, explains how data-driven insights have become critical to the brand’s rapid growth and product development strategy

Virgin Media O2's head of research and insight discusses how the company uses customer insight and offers some advice for those starting out

Research should be the foundation of any growing business, but it is fraught with pitfalls that companies need to avoid

Behavioural expert Richard Shotton gives a masterclass on how to exploit the innate bias of humans and how you can benefit from The Pratfall effect

Richard Harpin, the founder of HomeServe and Growth Partner and owner of Business Leader, answers your burning business questions

Plus, the value of M&A is up by two-thirds, why we might be able to say goodbye to the office birthday party and an Olympics preview in today's Off To Lunch

Plus, use of cash hits four-year high, ice cream prices rise by 30 per cent and lessons from the global IT outage

Plus, Pret scraps free coffee, retails sales fall and is UK inequality really getting worse, in today's Off To Lunch

Plus, Lloyds signs deal to finance UK buyouts, Warner Bros Discovery considers a split and why you can't cut your way to profitability in today's Off To Lunch

Plus, HSBC appoints a new CEO, used electric car sales boom and why this is the summer of the quiet vacation in today's Off To Lunch

Plus, warnings over the job market, Tesco makes a premium push and Musk officially endorses Trump in today's Off To Lunch.

Plus, the new flexible-working trial, Wetherspoons to close more pubs and why we should pay more attention to departing CEOs in today's Off To Lunch

Plus, inflationary pressures ease further, UK steel warns over the high price of electricity and Amazon turns 30

Plus, steakhouse Hawksmoor is up for sale, election investment boost pending and record cash injection into equity funds

Plus, Lufthansa adds green surcharge to flight costs, how Bernard Arnault built LVMH and why Netflix thinks you should fire some employees

In today's Off to Lunch, we also cover Carlsberg's bid for Britvic, the cautionary tale of Huy Fong's hot sauce and what we can learn from the Adidas and Puma rivalry

Richard Harpin, the founder of HomeServe and Growth Partner and owner of Business Leader, answers your burning business questions