Confidence is often regarded as an essential attribute in business. Entrepreneurs are expected to embrace risk, question established norms, and advance initiatives where others may hesitate. A robust belief in one's vision is frequently the catalyst for ventures to commence. However, distinguishing between confidence and hubris, a far more hazardous trait, remains critical.

The North has a lot to offer when it comes to food and drink. Yorkshire is one of the UK's premier food and drink powerhouses - its supply chain generates more than £3.8 billion in GVA and provides jobs for approximately 67,000 people. Meanwhile, the North West food and drink sector is experiencing rapid expansion, capturing roughly 15% of total UK food production.

Thousands of employers across the UK are struggling to comply with new statutory record-keeping rules for holiday entitlement and pay, amid warnings that widespread miscalculations could trigger tribunal claims and state penalties. The compliance burden follows the launch of the Fair Work Agency (FWA), which oversees workplace rights enforcement.

North East property and building firm Adderstone Group has expanded its workforce with a fresh intake of university placement students, as it highlights an internal progression model that has seen former trainees rise to board-level leadership.

Veuve Clicquot is looking for the next business leaders and founders to follow in the footsteps of the trailblazing Madame Clicquot as nominations open for the 2027 Bold Woman Awards. Celebrating its 55th year, the prestigious awards are the longest-running international accolades of their kind, continuing a legacy that began over 200 years ago with a woman who dared to defy expectations.

Today, the British Business Bank announces it will commit up to £150m capital to support a fund aimed at high-growth businesses across the North of England. The proposed Northern scale-up fund will provide larger scale investment to innovative scale-up businesses seeking capital to accelerate their growth and expansion.

If you ask someone what makes their neighbourhood special, they won’t list the square footage of the local buildings. They will tell you about the independent shop where the barista knows their order, the park where they walk their dog, or the square where the weekend markets come alive.

A Yorkshire social housing consortium has helped shape new guidance for housing associations and local authorities on using retrofit procurement to create local jobs, tackle green skills shortages, strengthen supply chains and diversify the workforce.

Rachel Beck didn't set out to build a supplement brand. She set out to find work that actually meant something. Growing up in Steeton, a small village in Yorkshire, Rachel was the middle of three children and developing, early on, both the drive to push herself and the instinct to care for those around her.

Peel Ports Group, the UK’s second-largest port operator, has appointed international shipping executive Audrey Dolhen as Chief Operating Officer, Unitised. Dolhen joins the executive board from ZIM Shipping, where she served as managing director for the UK, bringing over two decades of container shipping and logistics experience.

Tunley Environmental has launched its new Guide to Sustainable Pharmaceuticals, providing pharmaceutical and medical device organisations with a practical roadmap for navigating carbon, compliance, product lifecycle assessment, supply chains and environmental risk. The pharmaceutical sector faces a particularly complicated sustainability challenge.

One of the world’s largest pipelay vessels, Saipem’s Castorone, has arrived in the Southern North Sea, marking the opening of an exciting chapter for the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP), bringing one of the UK’s first carbon capture and storage networks closer to reality.

Work is underway on a major stage lighting and electrical infrastructure upgrade at Northern School of Contemporary Dance (NSCD) in Leeds, which will significantly enhance its renowned Riley Theatre and transform its lighting studio into an interactive digital space.

A new study commissioned and published by Leeds-based immersive technology specialist Apollo3D reveals a fundamental transformation in how UK consumers research, evaluate, and book hospitality venues.

The IoD Directors’ Economic Confidence Index, which measures business leader optimism over prospects for the UK economy, rose to -49 in August, from -63 in July 2026. Conversely, business leaders became slightly less optimistic about the prospects for their own organisations, with confidence falling to -5, from -2 in July.

Thomas Pattinson, director and co-founder of York-based specialist construction business Waxwing Design and Build, is the latest regional professional in the hot seat as we give him just 10 minutes to answer our 10 burning questions. What does a typical working day for you involve? No two d…

A Hull entrepreneur who began upcycling secondhand furniture from her university halls has built one of the city centre’s distinct independent retail stores. Lara Roberts, 32, founder of Plant & Paint, started trading in 2010 while an undergraduate at the University of Hull in East Yorkshire.

Patient.info has launched a new medical AI assistant tool that combines conversational technology with the health information provider's established library of clinically-reviewed health information. The free tool is available through the existing Patient.info website, and is designed to help people understand their health and find reliable, trusted medical information more easily.