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Transparency in the Commercial Court

Commercial Court transparency is entering a new era. A two-year pilot scheme (‘the Scheme’) was introduced on January 1st 2026 in the Commercial Court, the London Circuit Court and the Financial List, requiring key court documents to be made accessible to the...

New rights for cohabiting couples

Many couples live together, share bills and build a home without marrying or entering a civil partnership. Yet, legally, long-term cohabitation is not generally treated as equivalent to marriage or civil partnership. The Government’s consultation, “A Fairer End...

Funding for creative businesses

The UK’s creative industries contribute more than £145 billion to the economy each year, yet many creative businesses still find it difficult to access traditional bank finance. Whether you run a marketing agency, design studio, production company or digital...

Creating the conditions for long-term growth

The UK’s long-term economic growth depends on investment. That was the clear message from a recent Oxford Economics report highlighting a £1.9 trillion investment shortfall in the UK over the past 25 years compared with other leading economies. For UK businesses...

The Big Story: Dame Carolyn McCall

Born in India, she had a Scottish father, Arthur McCall, who ran the Far East division of a US textile multinational, and an Irish-born mother, Colleen McCall, who worked for the British High Commission in India. She was educated in India and Singapore until...

The Big Story: Cally Beaton

The unsolicited advice, the condescending tone, the ignored or overlooked expertise, based on… well, pick one. Ignorance. Arrogance. Stupidity. Excess confidence. Self-entitlement. The patriarchy. If this magazine has sought to achieve one thing (several, really),...

The Big Story: Harley Street fertility care on your doorstep

LWC’s network of strategically placed satellite clinics, including Brighton, Bromley, Guildford, Tunbridge Wells and Canterbury in the South, provides access to consultations, investigations and monitoring closer to home. Owned and managed by Dr Kamal Ahuja, under...

The Big Story: Julie Kapsalis MBE

Maarten Hoffmann: Julie, you’ve been Principal and CEO at Nescot since 2022. Tell us about your role and what Nescot is. Julie Kapsalis: Nescot is the North East Surrey College of Technology. It's a college that's actually very close to my heart, in that I grew up...

The most affordable electric cars

Electric cars were once the preserve of the wealthy as a second car, but now it’s possible to drive away in a brand new EV for as little as £12,000. It wasn’t too long ago when the most important thing an electric car buyer needed was a large bag of cash....

Greenland - a community, not a commodity

“What are your plans for visiting Greenland?” I asked the middle-aged man seated beside me as our flight lifted off from Newark, bound for Nuuk. Until 2024, that journey wasn’t possible: Nuuk’s runway was too short to accommodate international flights....

B&M’s £2m fine: why pest control should be on every boardroom agenda

When news broke that retailer B&M had been fined £2 million following serious mouse infestations in three of its stores, many business owners probably viewed it as someone else’s problem. They shouldn’t. The case is one of the most significant food...

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