Case studies including Ayzh, the Crystal, the Co-operative Group, Dragon LNG, and LSI

Entrepreneurs risk making expensive mistakes if they listen to the wrong professionals

Rightacres, a local property company, is behind two significant redevelopment projects

Close links to universities help businesses to recruit

A generation of entrepreneurs wants to put the capital city on investors’ maps

Mandated targets help widen the talent pool, but can be demeaning to beneficiaries

Online accommodation company’s hosts can offer rooms easily when disaster strikes

High street chain’s hiring strategy is repaid with loyalty from hard-to-place employees

Suppliers of British know-how overseas must broaden their target markets

Fundraising on online platforms is gaining ground among inventors

Failures of a few consultant-run companies distract from the many successes

Staying alert to possible disaster should be a priority for employees

Many of us spend more time staring at screens than sleeping

Being nurtured by a larger organisation may involve gratitude mixed with caution

Some entrepreneurs are optimistic but concerns centre on skills and trade

Academics say political leadership is weak at a time of rapid influx

Potteries winner makes the case for returning manufacturing to the UK

London basement start-up is a hit with small businesses