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Dame Irene Hays on grief, rescuing Thomas Cook and growing Hays Travel

The company's owner on leading Hays Travel through Thomas Cook, Covid and personal tragedy, without ever borrowing a penny

Mia Drennan: The city temp who built a billion-pound business

The founder of GLAS built a category the banks didn't want, then scaled it past a unicorn valuation

How Loveholidays tripled revenue without owning a single plane

Loveholidays' CEO Donat Rétif on why the toughest market comes first and the crisis rule that paid off

Barclays CEO Venkat on turning around a FTSE 100 bank and leading through cancer

He's added roughly £40bn in shareholder value to Barclays and has some pointed things to say about what's still holding British businesses back

"I actually don't want to grow": The 800% surge that nearly broke Nadine Merabi's brand

From answering the phones under a fake name to building a board a decade in, Nadine Merabi shares the lessons behind scaling her brand

Blue Light Card's growth story: From start-up to 6 million members

How a discount platform for frontline workers became a fast-scaling commercial success without abandoning its mission

Airtasker CEO: AI bosses are selling fear, not science

The AI bosses warning about their own products aren't scientists, says Tim Fung. They're salespeople who found a better pitch.

The beauty of AI in action: Hair Syrup and Dr Adams Aesthetics

Entrepreneurs in the beauty space are experimenting with AI in different ways to scale their businesses

The Brexit warning hiding in a Mayfair housekeeper's pay packet

When the wealthy decide a country has lost its pull, the people who staff their homes know first

Sister: The Manchester hub looking to spin out success

A multi-million pound science and tech hub in Manchester is showcasing the city’s ambitions and the spirit of a new kind of entrepreneurialism

Why the AI revolution favours your business

The businesses best placed to win with AI are not the ones with the deepest pockets, which should reshape how you plan your next move

“Suddenly, nobody liked us”: What a decade of Brexit taught Britain’s scaling founders

The Brexit argument may never settle. The survival strategies have. Founders and economists on what changed and what it taught

LinkedIn's UK boss: Why being small is suddenly a genuine AI advantage

Janine Chamberlin on why the country's smaller businesses are hiring and founding at record rates, even as the wider jobs market cools

Return to EU is no silver bullet for UK business

As calls grow louder to rejoin the EU, Szu Ping Chan argues the cost, time and control implications make it a bad bet for business

What Keir Starmer's downfall should teach every CEO about vision

The outgoing prime minister had 30 priorities, four chiefs of staff and 15 major U-turns. What he never had was a vision anyone could follow

The attention crisis costing your business more than you think

Constant connectivity is eroding focus, productivity and creativity across the modern workplace

The productivity myth that’s holding UK leaders back

The real reason you’re not as productive as you want to be, according to Jake Humphrey

Ask Richard: Capital

Sir Richard Harpin shares practical advice on debt equity and choosing the right funding strategy for growth

Martha Lane Fox: 'He said, "We're done with women"'

Martha Lane Fox is a tech trailblazer who first made her name in the dot com era. Thirty years on, she still encounters gender bias in her industry

Nails.INC founder Thea Green: Don’t sweat the small stuff

Thea Green, one of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs in the beauty and self-care space, shares her advice

Rio Ferdinand: How to win at business pitches

The former Manchester United and England footballer on how to convince people to back your business ideas

Belu Water CEO on the little-known tax causing 'big headaches' for business

Natalie Campbell explains how the extended producer responsibility scheme is hitting her business

The Social Hub: A unique British experiment in property

A building in Glasgow is testing out a new concept, combining a co-working space with accommodation for hotel guests and a hall of residence for students. Can they all get along?

JustPark founder: I'm delighted not to be CEO anymore

Anthony Eskinazi is one of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs in the sharing economy sector, but there's things he wishes he knew much earlier to scale.