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Business Law & Compliance
10 min read
Heads of terms: the document that decides your exit before the lawyers start
Heads of terms are usually only a few pages long and mostly not legally binding, yet they shape almost every …
Leadership & Productivity
19 min read
Non-executive directors: how to build a board you’ll listen to
Most founder-led companies have a board in name only: the founders, perhaps a co-founder who has drifted away from day-to-day …
News
4 min read
Retailers urge Chancellor to cut the cost of employing young people in the Budget
High street bosses want the employer National Insurance threshold raised in the 28 October Budget, as a CBI survey finds …
News
4 min read
Autumn Budget 2026 – ‘give us room to grow’ say SMEs
Three SME owners tell Real Business what they want from the chancellor; and what they think they’ll get.
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Guides
Heads of terms: the document that decides your exit before the lawyers start
Heads of terms are usually only a few pages long and mostly not legally binding, yet they shape almost every …
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Leadership & Productivity 19 min read
Non-executive directors: how to build a board you’ll listen to
Most founder-led companies have a board in name only: the founders, perhaps a co-founder who has drifted away from day-to-day …
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Guides 5 min read
How leadership can create quieter, healthier workspaces
Leaders can claw back hours of lost productivity and retain staff by creating quieter spaces to work.
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Entrepreneur 7 min read
Exit strategy for founders: the four routes
Every founder exits eventually. The only question is whether you choose the timing, the buyer and the terms, or whether …
Opinion
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News
4 min read
Autumn Budget 2026 – ‘give us room to grow’ say SMEs
Three SME owners tell Real Business what they want from the chancellor; and what they think they’ll get.
Opinion
4 min read
Stop clobbering employers and give young people a chance
With the Autumn Budget on the horizon, Charlie Mullins wants to see more growth support for UK businesses.
Opinion
4 min read
Jacob Coxon’s AI warning is a reminder to PRs: timing trumps the message
Communications expert and finalist on Season 20 of The Apprentice Lawrence Rosenberg discusses Jacob Coxon's resignation from Anthropic.
Opinion
4 min read
Britain doesn’t have a business failure problem. It has a business growth problem
Fewer are taking the leap into starting businesses, says Charlie Mullins.
Opinion
6 min read
Government is broken – but entrepreneurial mindset can fix it
Our biggest leadership problem isn't intelligence or effort. It's experience.
News
8 min read
What will our new PM do for business? SMEs react
British SME owners come together to discuss the new prime minister.
Opinion
4 min read
Strategy is overrated – here’s why (and why execution matters)
Strategy is easy to produce, but what happens after it's written?
Opinion
6 min read
Modern leadership is broken – here’s how to fix it
The leadership development industry is a thirty-billion-pound global business, and it has almost nothing useful to say to the person …
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Interviews
Interviews
7 min read
Built to last: Michelle Carson on 21 years of Holmes Noble, a 92% retention rate and learning to let go
Michelle Carson talks recruitment industry changes and being a neurodivergent leader.
Interviews
5 min read
Beyond profit: How Black Bee Honey measures success while backing British beekeepers
Paul Webb is the co-founder of Black Bee Honey, a business putting British honey back on the map.
Interviews
3 min read
Ethical skincare founder Danielle Close on building a high performance brand
Meet My Skin Feels Founder, Danielle Close.
Interviews
8 min read
The robots are coming – to revolutionise your warehouses. The Dexory story.
Oana Jinga is using robots to optimise warehouses around the world.
Interviews
8 min read
From team GB to a £300m exit goal – Navigator founder, Steve Rowbotham
Steve Rowbotham uses lessons from the Olympics into entrepreneurship.
