Some of the most recognisable names in business have learned the hard way that past dominance is no guarantee of future success. HMV, Nokia and Kodak each built global reputations by shaping – and in ...

“Sofas were still sold in a very fragmented, traditional way [in the mid-2000s],” recalls Rohan Blacker, “there wasn’t a dedicated mid-market, you might say.” On the one hand were high-end stores.

A hundred years ago, it would have made no sense to wish somebody a “nice weekend”. There was no “hump day” to give colleagues a mid-week morale boost because there was no defined end to the working ...

“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses,” Henry Ford, the founder of Ford Motor Company, once quipped. Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, didn’t conduct focus groups ...

Many prime ministers don’t make it to 10 years in office. US presidents only get eight at most to secure their legacy. Katharine Viner has had a decade and counting as editor-in-chief at The Guardian.

When Hair Syrup founder Lucie Macloud first told her parents she planned to start selling hair oils, their response was swift. “They said, ‘you won’t be doing this under our roof’,” she recalls, ...

“If you pitched the idea of The Social Hub on Dragons’ Den, I think the Dragons would have a few questions,” says Abdul Eneser, with a wry smile. He is a final-year law student at the University of ...

There’s only one place to start for a feature about Wrexham – and that’s Wrexham AFC’s historic Racecourse Ground, also known as SToK Cae Ras. The world's oldest international football stadium still ...

In August 2024, English band Massive Attack put on a one-day festival with a difference. The concert in Bristol was designed to be net zero, from how it was powered to the transport to get there and ...

In less than 10 years, founder and CEO Greg Jackson has powered Octopus Energy from plucky green start-up into the UK’s largest domestic energy supplier. There are now almost 13 million household ...

Husband-and-wife team Guy and Leeanne Hundleby have built handbag maker Strathberry from their in-home office to one of Scotland’s best-known luxury brands. Started in 2013, all the bags are designed ...

How to avoid slip-ups when you go it alone Empowering employees to take ownership of decisions is vital to success, but they must accept the privilege and responsibility too An ill-fated product ...