By: Jennifer Sieg

SME Correspondent Jennifer Sieg is an SME correspondent and editor of Ambition A.M., CityAM's weekly newsletter for all things entrepreneurship. She is also the host of Founder Favourites podcast, interviewing some of the UK's most interesting and up-and-coming founders. Email: [email protected]

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Is the UK becoming a ‘challenging place’ to grow a business?

February 20, 2024

According to a new report from Goldman Sachs's 10,000 Small Businesses UK Programme, the number of 'high growth businesses' — those actively growing both headcount and revenue — dropped from 39,000 in 2008 to 36,000 in 2022.
Meet the founder sculpting her hobby into a multimillion-pound beauty brand

February 20, 2024

Aimee Connolly, founder of Sculpted by Aimee, tells Jennifer Sieg how following her passion led to the creation of a multi-million-pound global beauty brand.
Start Up Loan Scheme hits milestone of £100m issued to young entrepreneurs

February 15, 2024

A grand total of £100m in Start Up Loans has been distributed to the “next generation” of business leaders, the latest breakthrough shows, despite an ongoing wave of SME funding challenges. Since the Start Up Loan Scheme, funded through British Business Bank, was introduced in 2012, some 15,000 loans have been issued to founders aged [...]
Why the traditional ‘9-5’ could be a thing of the past

February 15, 2024

Ditching the traditional 9-5 career path could be the next generational trend, new research shows.
Meet the founder on a mission to take away your plastic water bottle

February 13, 2024

Anthony Newman was convinced Londoners would ditch plastic water bottles if they had an alternative. The founder of Ape2o was onto something, Jennifer Sieg finds, in our latest founder spotlight.
Printworks: Iconic London nightlife venue may return after fresh planning bid

February 12, 2024

British Land, the commercial property owners behind Printworks, and AustralianSuper, a superannuation fund, plan to work with music and arts operator Broadwick to preserve the famous press halls.
Business confidence ‘cautiously’ returns as service sector continues recovery

February 12, 2024

A continued recovery for the service sector has boosted UK business confidence as output levels start to inch closer to pre-inflation highs.
‘Super Bowl is a home away from home as an American in London’

February 10, 2024

Yes, you are right, the Super Bowl is not just about American football – and it probably never will be. But that doesn’t mean it’s not the (with full emphasis on the ‘the’) weekend that Americans, and even the Brits, look forward to all year. Everyone’s got their reasons for tuning in – whether it [...]
Super Bowl, Premier League and Six Nations: London’s pubs ready for a very big weekend

February 9, 2024

Super Bowl, Premier League and Six Nations: London's pubs ready for a very big weekend
Alternative lenders ‘pick up the slack’ as SMEs demand larger loans

February 7, 2024

Alternative lenders are taking the wheel as the demand for larger loans by Britain’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) rises, according to a new poll of over 120 brokers. The survey, conducted as part of fintech firm Iwoca’s SME Expert Index, found that small businesses in the fourth quarter of 2023 demanded loans of over [...]

Advertising at World Cup: Levi’s genius, hydration breaks and dodging rules

Advertising at World Cup: Levi’s genius, hydration breaks and dodging rules

Procter & Gamble axes relationship with Kremlin propaganda channel

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