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Risk Appetite, Capacity and Tolerance: A Practical Guide for Business Owners

Understand the risks your business is willing to take, what it can support, and the boundaries that should guide decisions about growth, contracts and everyday operations.

Amber bridges connect small city districts through an opening in a large stone gateway.

Platform businesses and regulation: can startups change the rules?

A useful platform can give people a reason to support a different way of organising a market. Its regulatory strategy also needs to account for liability, enforcement and the investors behind it.

Why a routine business decision can become a privacy project

Your business has found a cloud service that will make work easier. Staff are using spreadsheets and separate email accounts, and the new software would give them a shared record of customer enquiries, billing information and previous conversations. The price is reasonable. There is a discount available if you sign soon. You send the agreement to your lawyer for a quick review. It seems like a small purchase. Then the questions start. What information will go into the system?