Real Business

There are very few UK companies with a £10m-£100m turnover but, my, do they contribute. Now there's a plan to create more of them.

What the world economy would look like if big companies didn't just sit on their cash.

Topics: Finance

Much debate today about how a new banking system might look - and how it could reignite SMEs across the UK. Well done, Nesta and others, for kicking it off

After three hilarious weeks, Shippam's Paste's Twitter account disappeared today. There's a tasty story behind it.

The most insightful report into the real state of Britain's SMEs: our review of Entrepreneurship UK 2011/12

Steve Jobs, co-founder and, until recently, CEO of the world's greatest technology company, died today. All of us in business owe him a huge debt.

Hong Kong is the window to a greater understanding of the world’s next superpower – China. Here are three insights for UK businesses.

Topics: Sales

The most fun way to build a business, or recipe for commercial disaster? The pros, cons and opinions.

Fiddling with retail regulations and incentivising a few industries is a fat lot of use. There's only one way to kickstart growth

IPOs are booming in Asia, offering an alternative fund-raising opportunity for UK and international firms.

Following Chinese premier Wen Jiabao's pledge to stimulate UK-China trade, UK corporates and SMEs are being encouraged to access the vast China market via Hong Kong.

The biggest ever promotion of Hong Kong to the UK opens on a very topical note...

Why we won’t need banks in the future.

To thrive in 2011/12, you need to: give away products; speak to your apps; bump phones. An exclusive insight into what you need to know about tomorrow's business trends, today.

Warning: this will not make comfortable reading....