Small business confidence surges to highest level since 2014

As non-essential retail, pubs, beauty salons and more reopen their doors after over four months, small businesses are more positive about their prospects than ever. According to the latest study by the Federation of Small Businesses, two-thirds of respondents expect their performance to improve between April and June while the UK SBI confidence measure has … Read more

Optimism among Britain’s business leaders hits record levels

Optimism among Britain’s business leaders hits record levels as nation takes a major step out of lockdown Finance chiefs at leading companies are expecting a strong recovery in profits over the next 12 months  At the same time expectations for hiring and investment have reached their highest levels since 2015  The UK can also look … Read more

Rick Stein ‘nearly lost his business’ after restaurants left on verge of bankruptcy by pandemic

Rick Stein admits he ‘nearly lost the whole business’ after his restaurant empire was left on the verge of bankruptcy by Covid pandemic Chef and TV presenter, 74, was on the brink of bankruptcy at start of pandemic    Signature restaurants in Porthleven and Falmouth didn’t survive financial impact Business has already reported 30,000 bookings at … Read more

Rick Stein ‘nearly lost his business’ after restaurants left on verge of bankruptcy by pandemic

Rick Stein admits he ‘nearly lost the whole business’ after his restaurant empire was left on the verge of bankruptcy by Covid pandemic Chef and TV presenter, 74, was on the brink of bankruptcy at start of pandemic    Signature restaurants in Porthleven and Falmouth didn’t survive financial impact Business has already reported 30,000 bookings at … Read more

Best friends who launched a baby gift business just weeks into the first lockdown

Friends who launched a gifting marketplace for children and parents just weeks into the first lockdown are now turning over £41,000 a month thanks to support from fans including Ferne McCann and Stacey Solomon. Laura McBride, 30, and Laura Boswell, 30, from Essex, launched BabyChum, an online marketplace for mother and baby gifts, on 12 … Read more

Best friends who launched a baby gift business just weeks into the first lockdown

Friends who launched a gifting marketplace for children and parents just weeks into the first lockdown are now turning over £41,000 a month thanks to support from fans including Ferne McCann and Stacey Solomon. Laura McBride, 30, and Laura Boswell, 30, from Essex, launched BabyChum, an online marketplace for mother and baby gifts, on 12 … Read more

Jessica Alba looks business chic in colorful ensemble en route to The Honest Company headquarters

Jessica Alba oozes business chic in a peach blazer and olive-green pants for a day of work at The Honest Company headquarters in LA By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 00:33 BST, 10 April 2021 | Updated: 00:49 BST, 10 April 2021 Jessica Alba is a woman who wears many hats as an actress, entrepreneur … Read more

Kim Kardashian will not start any new business ventures until she is finished with law school

Kim Kardashian is taking a pause on expanding her business empire until she is done with law school.  The 40-year-old reality TV star is currently studying to become a lawyer and has said she will not be embarking on any new projects until she has taken her bar exam, despite recently filing a trademark for … Read more

Fears for British steel jobs as Gupta’s Australian business crumbles 

Fears for thousands of British steel jobs as Sanjeev Gupta’s Australian business crumbles By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 7 April 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 7 April 2021 Fresh fears have been raised about UK steel jobs after Sanjeev Gupta’s empire was thrown deeper into crisis.  Two of the tycoon’s … Read more

Grandfather, 63, sells bee business he started in council house for £100million 

‘Uneducated’ British grandfather, 63, sells bee business for £100MILLION to a US company after starting it from the kitchen table of his council house Steve Ryan, 63, has sold bee business he started at home for more than £100m Grandfather can now ‘afford an island in Bahamas and a Falcon private jet’ He started his … Read more