Getting to know you: Myles Anderson, founder and CEO, BrightLocal
BrightLocal founder and CEO Myles Anderson on local SEO, passing $20m in revenue and why putting people first and being AI-driven go…
Tuesday 20 October 2026
The people behind the headlines: Business Matters profiles the founders, executives and investors shaping UK business – how they built what they built, what they’re worth, and what they’re doing next. Start with our most-read: Steven Bartlett’s ventures and valuation, and our running coverage of Getting to Know You profiles. For first-person conversations with founders, see our Interviews section.
BrightLocal founder and CEO Myles Anderson on local SEO, passing $20m in revenue and why putting people first and being AI-driven go…
Backhouse Solicitors CEO Minal Backhouse on running an Essex law firm, growing to a team of more than 65 and why people…
EvaluateLocate CEO Adam Kirby on spatial AI, a £300,000 seed round and GSP-1 model, and why starting a business is always harder…
Hestia chief executive Andrew Fishwick on premium restaurant groups, a £500m portfolio ambition and what the West End taught him about a…
Fruga founder Ross McCarthy on insurance retention, turning everyday spending into credit off premiums and why speed wins in a regulated industry
Tratos UK chairman and CEO Maurizio Bragagni on cable manufacturing, the group's 60th anniversary and building a business to last for future…
&above founder and CEO Jordan Richards on running an AI product studio, an agent used by 5,000 Google Cloud sellers and why…
DonnaPro founder and CEO Filip Pesek on virtual executive assistant support, rejecting over 99 per cent of applicants and why busy is…
Sero CEO James Williams on social housing retrofit, backing from a Cardiff Capital Region fund and why cash is king for anyone…
PALAIR founder Sarah Horrocks on padel activewear, taking her British label to Miami and why skills from recruitment can matter more than…
WasteSync founder Alastair Mackie on digital waste tracking, DEFRA approval ahead of the October deadline and leaving private banking to back himself
Direct Connect Logistics founder Rhys Hackling on growing a haulage firm from two lorries to 24 and why he took the fight…
Aaron & Partners senior partner Helen Watson on employment law, staying independent as the legal sector consolidates and why lawyers must drop…
Rem3dy Health founder Melissa Snover on personalised nutrition, the spilled vitamins that started it and a £14m round to take Birmingham tech…
UK Commercial Group CEO Tony Earnshaw on building a national facilities management business from £300 and why standards have to be earned,…