Thursday 5 November 2026
Live coverage from MicroBizMattersDay 2016 with interviews with businesses and live coverage of the day.
Chancellor John Healey has announced a scale-up programme for female founders and a doubling of British Business Bank commitments to women-led firms.
David Lloyd members leaving in 2025 totalled 267,450, about a third of the opening base, yet the health club group ended the year with a record 822,000.
Founders relief will reach just 400 firms a year on HMRC's own figures, as the Treasury's adviser quits saying ministers treat scale-ups as a sideshow.
