Skilled Labour: The Key To Unlocking £725bn UK Infrastructure Investment November 12, 2025 With Britain ready to commit £725 bn to infrastructure projects someone has to step up and be the hero to solve the crisis that is brewing. The labour market for construction is facing a serious dilemma: an ageing workforce, a shortfall of migrant skilled labour and multiple huge projects in the pipeline across the next [...]
Britain’s big ideas deserve a fair start November 12, 2025 If asked to choose one word that sums up the UK’s economic ambitions, most of us would say ‘growth’. We’re facing some real challenges growing our economy, boosting productivity and subsequently increasing living standards. And while established businesses have the opportunity and the platform to express their concerns around limitations on their growth ambitions, one [...]
Financial Education Is Broken – Here’s How We Plan To Fix It November 11, 2025 Financial education in the UK is broken. Most young people leave school without the key money skills they need for adult life, according to their own teachers. Left unaddressed, this failure has long-term consequences. Poor money skills are linked to problem debt, lower social mobility, and poorer mental health. The recent announcement that financial education will be [...]
This Could Be The Best Investment The City Ever Makes November 11, 2025 Go into a primary school today and ask how many of them trust major financial institutions like banks and you’ll generally find that less than half do so. Sometimes it’s as low as one-third of the class. At least, that’s what the financial education charity I volunteer with, City Pay it Forward, has consistently found. [...]
The evolving D&O risk landscape November 10, 2025 Growing management liability exposures and rising claims have increased the focus on effective D&O policies backed by effective D&O insurance carriers, ensuring company directors and officers are adequately covered for these risks. Amid continuing economic uncertainty, company directors and officers (D&Os) are under increasing pressure to keep their businesses profitable and continue making returns to [...]
Cocreate Europe: Join Alibaba.com’s flagship B2B event to supercharge your business in 2026! October 28, 2025 SMEs from across Europe are expected to convene in London later this Autumn for CoCreate Europe, the flagship SME-focused trade event by Alibaba.com. Bringing together millions of buyers with millions of global sellers, Alibaba.com is a leading platform for global business-to-business e-commerce. Alibaba.com is revolutionising how SMEs are accessing global supply chains, enabling British buyers [...]
Celebrate Christmas in style at Olympia: Unwrap bespoke corporate packages October 22, 2025 The festive season is the highlight of the corporate calendar – and there’s no better place to celebrate than Olympia, one of London’s most iconic venues. With its heritage setting in West London and a choice of dazzling event formats, Olympia offers the perfect mix of spectacle and sophistication. Whether you’re imagining a sparkling evening [...]
Why Latvia is the next best place to develop UK defence tech – and what else it has to offer October 14, 2025 When UK companies think of expanding into continental Europe, the usual suspects come first: Germany, the Netherlands, Poland. But there is a quieter yet compelling option that deserves a spot on the shortlist: Latvia. Thanks to its digital infrastructure, defence innovation ecosystem, and strategic location between Northern and Eastern Europe, Latvia offers a uniquely advantageous [...]
“I’m Not Starting Over. I’m Levelling Up”: Why A CEO Chose To Do The Bayes Executive MBA October 2, 2025 For many senior professionals, the decision to return to the classroom is not about starting over, but about staying ahead. That’s exactly how Domenica Di Lieto, CEO and Executive MBA student at Bayes Business School, describes her experience. Now entering her second year of the programme, she reflects on the international opportunities, real-world applications, and [...]
