A tiny fraction of the UK's small business community accounts for two thirds of all private sector employment, a new report revealed today.
01 May 2012
UK economic growth will require new products, new ideas and a new generation of trained innovators to provide them. Is industry the best source of such talents? In association with Bosch UK, MT's panel of experts debate the issue and point the way forward.
The Sunday Times Rich List is out. We've picked over the top 50 to find out which UK entrepreneurs are defying the recession to rise through the ranks of the fabulously wealthy.
The festival circuit is still bringing home the bacon for generator giant Aggreko. And a new Olympics contract will add £50m to its already glowing balance sheet.
15 Mar 2012
| by Ian Wilson
The founder of WFEL, a manufacturer of temporary bridges for the military, has shared his 'Dream Budget' with MT. From capital allowances to tax breaks for exporters, here's Ian Wilson's big wish list.
15 Mar 2012
| by Michael Oliver
Michael Oliver founded his specialist valve company 30 years ago from his garage. He's seen Budgets - and indeed governments - come and go. Here's what he would like to see Osborne pull out of the red briefcase next week.
Stat of the day: £50,000. The amount being flushed down the proverbial on a project to stick an eco-toilet on Handa island, three miles off the north-west coast of Sunderland.
The 2012 list of superbrands is out and half of the most well-loved and respected brands in the top 20 are British. How awfully lovely!
Stat of the day: Entrepreneur and inventor James Dyson has announced that he will create 400 jobs over the next two years.
The king of commercial kitchen ventilation (quite the tongue-twister, that), Robert Terry, on snagging new business on Twitter and doing deals with Tesco.