The BT Group can trace its origins back to the Electric Telegraph Company in 1846, meaning this year British Telecom celebrates its 180th anniversary. It does so with Allison Kirkby at the helm, its ...

This is written by Sukhendu Pal, the chairman of management consultant Sirius & Co and an adviser to some of the world’s most valuable companies, as well as a lead mentor to Funding London’s 150+ ...

"Banks actually just do a few fundamental things," says C.S. Venkatakrishnan, the CEO of Barclays, who is universally known as Venkat. "We store your money, we lend your money, we move your money, and ...

“Every prime minister needs a Willie,” announced Margaret Thatcher, the first woman prime minster in 10 Downing Street. She was referring to Lord Whitelaw, her deputy and leader in the House of Lords, ...

There is a plaque on Manchester’s Midland Hotel to commemorate the first meeting in 1904 of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce, the start of a partnership that led to the creation of the renowned ...

All too many people have not heard of Dame Stephanie Shirley, but they should have. She launched a business that grew to employ 8,500 people and was sold for £2.3bn. She made more than 70 of her ...

Stephen Bennington is the co-founder and CEO of Q5D, a Bristol-based robotics company aiming to automate one of the last stubbornly manual parts of manufacturing: wiring. “We’re aimed at trying to ...

AI is levelling the playing field in business, and in some ways, SMEs have advantages over large companies. That’s the view of César Cernuda, president of NetApp. The San Jose tech company has ...

Rural Shropshire is home to the UK’s last remaining producer of flat-rolled aluminium coils. Bridgnorth Aluminium employs over 330 people and has annual sales in excess of £230m, around 60 per cent of ...