Most Popular Small Business Start-Up Ideas in the UK (2026)
Can-do hobbies, food, hair & beauty, and consultancy are among the most popular business ideas across the UK today. Cobweb research lists the top 20 ideas.
Female founders and the UK funding gap: why bias persists
Women-led businesses remain one of the UK’s fastest-growing economic forces, yet the female founders UK funding gap is still one of the biggest barriers to growth. The 2023 Rose Review of Female Entrepreneurship estimated there are around 1.6 million women-led businesses in the UK, contributing an estimated £85 billion a year to the economy. According […]
Can the UK’s Disadvantaged Groups Benefit from Enterprise?
‘How can the most disadvantaged groups benefit from enterprise?’ to be blunt, they can’t within the current government system, or at least to say it’s very difficult, Aaron Barbour, Research and Policy Manager at linksUK, told the Prowess Conference in March 2009.
Under the Microscope: Women in SET Enterprise in the UK
Prowess’s 2007 research found that women founders in SET were more innovative than their male counterparts. Women-led businesses were more likely to bring a product new to market, more likely to embed technology in their products or services, and more likely to have developed their offer within the last year. Yet the number of women-owned […]
Women Entrepreneurs UK and Worldwide: GEM 2024/2025 Insights
Women own more that 126 million businesses, but low self-confidence is still holding European and U.S. women back.
Online Research Tools UK: Free Sources for Smarter Decisions
There is free information available online about private companies that can be very useful to small businesses.
How the British Library’s BIPC Supports Women Innovators
The Business & IP Centre at the British Library is a fantastic resource. Here is how they are supporting women in business.
UK Asian Women in Business: Barriers and 2026 Progress
British Asian businesses are highly entrepreneurial, but new research says Asian women feel their culture is holding them back.
Top 10 tips on doing business in Russia
It’s a mistake to assume the Russian market is similar to the European one. You need to think about which products and services will work in the Russian market, and which products will be in demand.