Business Matters - The UKs largest Business Magazine
NFU Banner ad
30 Must Read Articles
  • News
  • Advice
  • Finance
  • Legal
  • Opinion
  • In Business
  • Technology
  • Get Funded
  • Profiles

Latest News:

  • Reeves serves up summer of savings with VAT cut on family days out
  • Andrew trade envoy files: Queen ‘very keen’ ex-prince led UK plc abroad, Whitehall papers reveal
  • HS2 reset to punch £33bn black hole in Britain’s public finances
  • Youth jobs in retreat: IFS warns Britain is sliding back to Covid-era lows
  • Private sector workers face worst real pay squeeze since 2022 as oil-driven inflation bites
  • Bags of Ethics chief and shipping carbon-capture pioneer crowned at 2026 Veuve Clicquot Bold Woman Awards
  • Taps could run dry without urgent action on drought, peers warn ministers
  • SpaceX lifts the veil on its finances as Musk readies the biggest flotation in stock market history
  • Britain seals landmark Gulf trade deal in G7 first, promising £3.7bn lift for UK exporters
  • OpenAI lines up confidential IPO filing as race for AI listings accelerates

The Apprentice relationship out in the open tonight

2261-original

May 6, 2009
Entrepreneurs
Business Matters

Sharing

  • Email this article
  • Print this article

Post navigation

CONNECTING IS NOT ENOUGH: The Trouble with Networking Events…….
10 ways to build traffic to your site
Business Matters

Business Matters

Need data that holds up in the boardroom — and the press? Trends Research is the UK's specialist SME research company, with a 750,000-strong panel and a 2,000-response minimum on every survey. AI-augmented analysis, headline-ready insights, and 38 years of trust built through Business Matters magazine. Trusted by Vodafone, BT, O2 and top UK PR agencies. From brief to deliverable in 10 working days — or 3 for press-led work. Request a quote today at https://trendsresearch.co.uk/

Receive the latest news daily direct to your inbox

* indicates required

Latest News

Chancellor Rachel Reeves slashes VAT from 20% to 5% on summer attractions, children's meals and family days out, alongside a fuel duty freeze and supermarket tariff suspension to ease cost-of-living pressures.

Reeves serves up summer of savings with VAT cut on family days out

Chancellor Rachel Reeves slashes VAT from 20% to 5% on summer attractions, children’s meals and family days out, alongside a fuel duty freeze and supermarket tariff suspension to ease cost-of-living pressures.

Andrew trade envoy files: Queen ‘very keen’ ex-prince led UK plc abroad, Whitehall papers reveal

HS2 reset to punch £33bn black hole in Britain’s public finances

Youth jobs in retreat: IFS warns Britain is sliding back to Covid-era lows

Private sector workers face worst real pay squeeze since 2022 as oil-driven inflation bites

Cathay Pacific ad

Entrepreneur Focus…

monaco port

Britain’s billionaires are voting with their feet – and the rich list proves it

The 2026 Sunday Times Rich List lays bare a record wealth exodus from Britain, with one in six members dropping out, Dyson’s fortune halved and Revolut’s Nik Storonsky storming into the top 10.

Lord Bamford

JCB succession: Lord Bamford anoints younger son George as heir to £6.5bn digger empire

Lord Bamford has named younger son George as his successor at JCB, sidelining elder brother Jo and ending years of speculation over the future of Britain’s £6.5bn family-owned digger dynasty.

Marketing

The owner of Facebook and Instagram will cut another 10,000 jobs, months after laying off 11,000 staff, as the technology group prepares for years of economic disruption.

Meta launches high court challenge against Ofcom over online safety act fines

Lloyds Banner ad

In business

The traditional gear stick, that small, mechanical talisman of British motoring, is being quietly stripped out of new car ranges, and according to fresh forecasts it will be all but extinct by the end of the decade. The diesel engine, long the workhorse of the company car park, is heading for the same exit door.

Manual gearboxes set to vanish by 2030 and diesel is tailgating its demise

The Capital Business Media Group

Home

  • About us
  • Business Matters Podcast
  • Contact us
  • Advertise with us
  • Subscribe to our magazine
  • Subscribe to our newsletters

More from the CBM Group

  • Travelling For Business
  • EV Powered
  • Electric Home
  • Property Portfolio Investor
  • Not Ltd
Copyright © 2026 The Business Matters Brand Ltd - A Capital Business Media Company • Registered Office: 7 Bell Yard, London WC2A 2JR
  • Terms
  • Our Privacy Policy
  • Cookies
top