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With Covid restrictions ending across all of the UK and after a turbulent couple of years, is the tide finally turning for businesses in the UK? Despite the uncertainty created by the increase in cost of living, energy supply chain disruptions, conflict in Europe and cost pressures, we see glimpses of renewed optimism and resilience when talking to our clients.

Even with these growing inflationary pressures the IMF is forecasting for the UK economy to rebound in the year ahead and many of our clients’ company and household balance sheets have held up well.

Helping clients through the pandemic, has inspired us to start our new podcast series: ‘Owning it.’, which illustrates their journey as business owners across many different sectors. With this series we build on our rich expertise in helping business owners to grow, nurture and shape their businesses.

There are clear trends emerging around topics like building a more inclusive workforce bolstered by a real focus on better work-life balance offers; the acceleration of the digital transformation of many traditional business models; improved cash flow solutions to better weather business disruptions in future; a renewed desire to invest into more sustainable practices and business succession planning.

Many of these topics feature in this magazine. And while you browse, please remember that we are always here for you to act as a sounding board and offer practical advice and support. We really get what it takes to run your own businesses and we care.

Michael Davidson
Group managing partner

"These personable stories show that each business is unique and that running a business can be both rewarding and tough in equal measures. We explore the motivations, purpose, challenges, lessons learned and discuss the outlook of our clients, who have many of today’s challenges in common."