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Running a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) is demanding. Long hours, operational stress, and constant decision-making can leave even the most resilient business owners feeling exhausted. For many, this fatigue leads to frustration, burnout, and a sense of being trapped. Yet, the most strategic owners recognize exhaustion as a signal—and an opportunity—to transform their challenges into a profitable exit strategy. Imran Hussain, a veteran Fractional CFO and investor, has spent over two decades advising SMEs in the UK, and since 2023, has been acquiring distressed businesses across the UK, USA, and Europe. His experience shows that owner fatigue is not…
A Scottish couple whose teenage son took his own life after being blackmailed on Instagram are suing the platform’s owner Meta, in what’s thought to be the first UK case of its kind.Murray Dowey, from Dunblane, was 16 when he became a victim of sextortion in December 2023.His parents have now launched legal action against Meta in a US court seeking punitive damages claiming that Instagram was not safe.Murray’s mum Ros Dowey says parents also need to have uncomfortable conversations with their children.Meta, which also owns Facebook, said it supports law enforcement to prosecute the criminals behind sextortion, adding “we…
Bushra and Khaled, pictured far left and right, arrived in the UK with their daughter in 2023A Syrian refugee family that resettled in the West Midlands shares how they found kinship in the friendship of strangers.Khaled loved his job working at the department of water management in Syria.His wife, Bushra, spent her days teaching primary school children, while evenings were for maqluba and yabrak, or stuffed vine leaves, shared with family around a table filled with laughter and stories. Then the war came. Chairs stood empty where friends once sat and homes crumbled to rubble. For Khaled, Bushra, and their…
Being so close to the action also posed other occupational hazards.”Trabzonspor versus Aston Villa, I was suddenly knocked out because of the supporters throwing rocks,” said Haroun.Rocks were not the only danger, it was footballing legends taking shots on goal, too.”Wayne Rooney, [while] practising, knocked me out one day,” she added.”Denis Irwin, he shot at goal, but he knocked me out and I think it was Bryan Robson who turned round and said: ‘If you’re going to kill a photographer, Denis, make sure it’s not the chairman’s cousin!’Sometimes, though, the players were helpful when trying to get the perfect shot.Before…
Lady Louise Windsor attended the Christmas Day church service at Sandringham today, joining the Royal Family for the traditional walk to St Mary Magdalene Church.Her younger brother, James, Earl of Wessex, was also present, just over a week after his 18th birthday. Similar to his sister, James has made the decision not to become a prince, despite being qualified for the title as a grandchild of a late monarch through the male line.Their parents, Prince Edward and Sophie, chose for them to be raised as children of an Earl. This allowed them a more normal life and the option to…