HMRC’s Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self-Assessment (MTD ITSA) represents one of the most significant changes to UK tax administration in recent years. Sole traders, landlords, and freelancers with an income of £50,000 who previously filed a single annual tax return will instead be required to provide quarterly digital updates, along with a final end-of-period statement, using HMRC-compatible software.

Content marketing has been something of a golden child for companies, recently. SMEs and other firms have been happy to invest heavily in the likes of online articles and blogs, video, e-books, and research reports with the aim of driving customer numbers. According to my company’s research, 91% of marketers have increased their content budgets since 2020

The Framing Effect is all about perception. The way you frame or present the same thing changes how people perceive it. Customers don’t just react to the facts; they react emotionally to how those facts are shown. The roots of the idea go back to the work of Tversky & Kahneman (1981), applied in marketing by Ries & Trout.

Here's an uncomfortable truth many founders discover too late: you've built something brilliant, gained traction, assembled a talented team – but when it comes to raising your next round, finding the right investors feels like searching in the dark. Meanwhile, investors complain they can't discover quality deal flow outside their usual networks.

In a world where our daughters won’t see gender pay parity in their entire careers and there are still three times more men named "John" running UK FTSE 100 companies than women, we’re facing a crisis of invisible women in the workplace.

By 2050, one in six people worldwide will be over 65. In Europe, it will be closer to one in three. Although this stems from the positive reality of longer lives and better health, healthcare systems built for younger, shorter-lived populations now face the growing burdens of chronic disease, multimorbidity, and long-term care. And while we can celebrate the advancements that have taken us here, the ageing population is certainly an economic challenge that we must adapt to.

The Accounting & Business Show Asia 2025 will take place on October 22-23, 2025 at the Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore, bringing together more than 4,000 accountants, finance leaders, and business decision-makers from across Asia.

Stasher is a luggage storage platform, connecting travellers with over 8,500 vetted locations across 75+ countries. What started as Oxford roommates charging friends to store bags near King's Cross has evolved into a profitable, multi-million pound business that's transforming urban travel infrastructure.

Innovate UK has launched the Agentic AI Pioneers Prize. This national competition aims to unlock the transformative potential of agentic AI across the UK’s most dynamic sectors, including advanced manufacturing, health and life sciences, and the creative industries.

Sanlam Investments has confirmed its third sponsorship of Africa’s Green Economy Summit (AGES), taking place in February 2026, reaffirming its commitment to financing Africa’s sustainable future through innovation in renewable energy, water security, waste reduction, ocean and climate finance.

This November, Workspace Design Show (5th - 6th November 2025, RAI Amsterdam) doesn’t just ask what the workplace should be; it lets you feel the answer. Across Hall 5, five of the Netherlands’ most creative design studios have turned conversation into atmosphere, theory into tactility, and workplace talk into spaces you can smell, hear, shift and claim as your own.

Government leaders across the globe have adopted different negotiation tactics to the sweeping trade tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, with varying degrees of success. The approach taken by the UK Government to secure a deal early on appears to be supported by UK Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs).

The Tide everywoman Entrepreneur Awards, in association with BGF, has unveiled a powerhouse lineup of extraordinary female founders in the running for the UK’s most prestigious entrepreneurship honours.

As summer holidays have wrapped up, Brits are entering what’s becoming known as the “Winter Arc” – the late autumn period where people focus on productivity, goal-setting, and getting ahead before the year-end rush. Employment Hero data shows that households and employees largely back in rhythm, making October and November key months for productivity.

ZainTECH, the integrated digital solutions provider of Zain Group, announced a strategic partnership with DataPatrol to expand and strengthen its presence in the Bahrain market, focusing on advanced data security and insider threats management.

When National Australia Bank (NAB) recently disclosed it faces a staggering AUSD 130 million in costs due to historical payroll underpayments, some dating back more than a decade, it was headline news. However, while reports tend to focus on the scale of such mistakes made by large institutions, the underlying message should resonate deeply with organisations of every size: payroll errors are a serious issue, and can lead to significant financial, regulatory, and reputational consequences, for organisations of any size.

The Adecco Group has announced the release of its sixth annual Global Workforce of the Future report, titled Humanity at work: How to thrive in the AI era. The report uncovers how AI, purpose, and human connection are reshaping work – and what leaders should do to keep pace amid workforce transformation.

The full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 posed unprecedented challenges to the nation's startup ecosystem. Yet, against all odds, Ukrainian entrepreneurs have demonstrated remarkable resilience and innovation. From navigating funding shortages to adapting business models and entering international markets, Ukrainian startups have not only survived but thrived.

We’re living in a moment when technology cycles no longer stretch across decades, they compress into single-digit years. Cloud went mainstream in less than a generation, mobile rewrote consumer behaviour almost overnight, and generative AI stormed the enterprise in record time. But speed hasn’t equalled success. Scratch beneath the headlines and a sobering fact emerges: according to MIT, 95% of enterprise GenAI initiatives have yet to deliver measurable impact.

unlock VC, a global community promoting inclusion and empowerment for women in venture capital, announces its 18 female-founded startups to watch.