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The King's Speech landed today, and if you run a small or growing business, there is more in it for you than you might expect. Buried beneath the ceremony and constitutional fanfare are three changes that speak directly to issues clients raise with us regularly - getting paid on time, cutting through regulatory red tape, and trading with mainland Europe. There are a few other measures worth flagging too. Here's what you need to know.

Event company contracts age badly. Most were written for a much smaller business and have just been patched together since; a clause from a venue agreement, a paragraph added after a client objected once, a deposit structure that hasn't been touched in a few years. They work fine until something goes wrong. Then someone actually reads them, and the silences start costing money. We see five gaps come up time and again, across corporate events, festivals, brand activations and conferences alike. The cost of each tends to stay invisible until

For many owners, Companies House feels like a background obligation. You file what needs to be filed, pay the fee, and return your attention to running the business. For years, that approach has generally been sufficient, but from 2026, it will no longer be. Companies House is moving from being a largely passive registry to a more active gatekeeper, with a clear policy aim: improving the reliability of the register and reducing misuse and fraud. The