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Be the Business
Improve your business, develop your leadership skills and boost your performance with our programmes and resources.
About Be the Business
Small business leaders – we’re here for you! Improve your business, develop your leadership skills and boost your business’ performance with our resources and programmes. We’re a not-for-profit movement, backed by government, and founded by Sir Charlie Mayfield, former chair of John Lewis & Partners. We exist to help small- and medium-sized UK-based businesses increase their productivity and performance – something that’s essential for the UK’s economy as a whole! We do this by bringing the UK's most successful business professionals together to help small business leaders improve and succeed through a range of effective, productivity-boosting programmes and resources: To find out more, visit our website.
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People
Be the Business employee Falguni Desai worked with Richard Lock since late 2023 as an independent adviser to help bring clarity, structure, and a different perspective for the design and analysis consulting company.
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Presence & Recognition
Be the Business is hosting an event in Manchester on Wednesday 23 September 2026 featuring AI, Cyber and the Future of Business, designed for business leaders to stay ahead of emerging opportunities and risks.
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Presence & Recognition
Be the Business CEO Anthony Impey MBE FCGI looks back at J. Lyons & Co, the teashop and bakery business behind LEO, the first computer built specifically to run a company.
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Presence & Recognition
Be the Business published a newsletter article detailing the family business of Spice Kitchen's Be the Business Ambassador Sanjay Aggarwal and Shashi Aggarwal taking their family business into the Dragons' Den on iPlayer.
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Presence & Recognition
Be the Business published a newsletter article detailing the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool on 27 September to discuss investment, skills, and tech adoption for small businesses.
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Presence & Recognition
Be the Business published a newsletter article detailing entries now open for the Elite Business Top 100 Awards.
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Presence & Recognition
Be the Business published a newsletter article detailing an in-person session in Manchester on 23 September run with BT Business to tackle how SMEs can stay resilient and keep trading when AI-driven cyber risks strike.
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Presence & Recognition
Be the Business published a newsletter article detailing a webinar on 24 September for larger companies to build a supply chain story under the Cabinet Office's new social value model.
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Presence & Recognition
Be the Business published a newsletter article detailing London Build Expo returning to Excel London on 25-26 November and the Construction Productivity Taskforce on stage.
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Operations & Supply
Be the Business worked with Andy Williams, his Operations Director, and Sales Director to analyze numbers, cut duplicate overheads, and align structures to turn separate companies into a single, high-performing engine.
Reported by Falguni Desai