The company that turned a milk round into a £250m business
Plus, OpenAI testing AI-powered search feature, THG slashing more jobs, UK drivers still paying too much for fuel and your Friday pick-me-up
Author: <span>Josh Dornbrack</span>
The rise of Modern Milkman
Serial entrepreneur Simon Mellin founded Modern Milkman during the anti-plastic movement prompted by Blue Planet II. He talks about his journey as a founder and what he has learnt along the way
Growth Stories: Keep the customer satisfied
Inside the fast-growing medium-sized businesses driving the UK economy. Here, we look at Furniturebox and its founders Monty George and Dan Beckles
The ageing economy is the big trend to watch
As Britain's population ages and birth rates decline, the sustainability of the state pension and NHS is in jeopardy
The reality check: Starmer’s initial days in number 10
Steven Swinford breaks down the challenge ahead for the country's new prime minister
Is this the most important business in Europe?
Plus, Britain set to miss 2030 clean power targets, chancellor aiming to woo US investors and exited Carpetright founder strikes rescue deal
Growth Engines: Steely determination drives innovation
The founder of Sheffield-based International Energy Products talks about the company's big ambitions and how it is achieving them
Biden steps down and Britain’s billion-pound businesses
Plus, Biden steps down, company financial distress on the rise and the IMF issues the chancellor a stern warning
Growth Stories: The prefab disruptor
We look at the fast-growing medium-sized businesses driving the UK economy. Here, we focus on Merit
Bookshelf: Female Founders’ Playbook
In an extract from her book, Starling Bank founder Anne Boden offers some tips from her funding journey
Graphcore sold and Biden rattled
Plus, Rachel Reeves to form new council of economic advisers, UK business distress fastest rising in Europe and Rio Tinto is wargaming a massive takeover
UK economy grows faster than expected
Plus, FCA overhauls listings regime, UK overtakes India as the world’s third-largest venture capital market and British tycoon closing in on a deal for The Body Shop
Growth Engines: The manufacturer that is boringly brilliant
The West Yorkshire company breaking the mould of comfort to boost revenue and profit
Retailers count the cost of a wet summer
Plus, Wimbledon choosing to leave $100m on the table, Asda scraps its four-day work week and Thames Water needs fresh funds
Labour’s ‘difficult’ economic decisions
Plus, low exec pay risks a US talent drain, Carlsberg acquires Britvic and is this the end of levelling up?
Business welcomes Labour government but pushes for real change
Plus, inflationary pressures ease further, UK steel warns over the high price of electricity and Amazon turns 30
Why you need to start thinking differently about diversity
Don't think of diversity as an opportunity to give back, but instead, consider the genuine impact and difference it can make, says our expert Jake Humphrey
Is fear an effective driver of performance?
Plus, new car sales hit five-year high, private equity M&A growth, and a new Barbie exhibition launches
Why complacency is almost always a prelude to failure
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