Boomers are selling businesses to millennials in a generational handover
Despite interest rates being at a 20-year high, sales of small businesses are strong, and may continue for years
July 2024
Ebike entrepreneur Valeria Labi: ‘If I see a problem and I think it can be solved, I follow that thread’
The British-born businesswoman behind Ghana’s first electric bike is out to woo Africa’s delivery riders away from costly and polluting petrol while cutting carbon emissions
June 2024
As Wall Street pulls away from DEI, Goldman Sachs backs Black women: ‘Our commitment is strong’
The firm, expanding its diversity initiative, zeroed in on data that shows the economic case for investing in Black women
May 2024
Air Up: scent-flavoured water bottle becomes latest playground craze
School must-have is setting pressured parents back £30 but could help keep kids off sugary drinks
March 2024
Her first visit to wine country was ‘anything but pleasant’. So this Black ex-techie created a community
Want to get rich quick? Business influencers have some new advice – and it’s terrible
Arwa Mahdawi
February 2024
The hard truth is that Britain’s entrepreneurs simply don’t innovate
Phillip Inman
School food fights
Noodles of opportunity: how an Oregon law boosted a small food business and built community
January 2024
Southern frontlines: Latin America and the Caribbean
Low-carbon milk to AI irrigation: tech startups powering Latin America’s green revolution
New business school
‘Inspired and excited’: how can this Brooklyn baker stir success into her mix?
New business school
A software entrepreneur wants to empower players to develop their own games
New business school
Experts advise: how can this tiny – and funky - flower shop put down roots and grow?
December 2023
The West Bank brewmaster hoping to keep her business bubbling along
‘I conduct my own orchestra’: Why more women than ever are starting UK businesses
New business school
How can this matcha tea trader keep nurturing her business now that she’s expecting?
New business school
Lucy Yu’s thriving New York bookstore burned down. How can she rebuild without burning out?
November 2023
Stock of British electric moped brand Zapp hits skids months after US listing
New business school
Experts advise: does a growing New York City clothing brand need a storefront in the digital age?
September 2023
Other lives
Tony Wade obituary
‘A big shock’: the Israeli startup helping ultra-Orthodox Jews enter world of hi-tech work