Michael Vaughan issues Autumn Budget plea to Rachel Reeves Business Cricket legend Michael Vaughan has issued a plea to Chancellor Rachel Reeves to help out start-ups and small-to-medium-sized (SMEs) businesses in her Autumn Budget on 26 November. Vaughan, who has recently invested in health and wellness supplement start-up Uthful, hit out at the employers’ National Insurance increase included in last year’s Autumn Budget for causing [...]
Motorway CEO: How I built my $1bn empire after a huge failure Tech The co-founder and chief executive of used car marketplace Motorway has opened up about how he helped to build a $1bn empire from scratch following the biggest failure of his career. On an up-coming episode of City PM’s Boardroom Uncovered show, Tom Leathes also revealed how he and his fellow founders landed on the car [...]
MintStars: ‘Ethical’ OnlyFans rival more than doubles in value Business MintStars, a start-up launched as an ‘ethical alternative’ to OnlyFans, more than doubled in value during its latest financial year, it has been revealed. The challenger was established by Jessica Van Meir and Daniel Sargent, who serves as its chief executive, in 2022. In an interview with City PM last year, Van Meir said the [...]
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