The Breakthrough 50 has been created to uncover the UK's most rapidly expanding businesses that have grabbed a significant market share, are boasting growing revenues and have a clear vision to develop even more in the future. The winners will be the leading figures of the entrepreneurial movement in the UK, each with a unique blueprint for success and a story to inspire other entrepreneurs.

Most new businesses run a tight ship. Whatever the business model, product or service, the goal is usually to sell into the market as quickly and efficiently as possible. Key players include the staff that make or deliver the product, and the marketing and sales teams that bag the customers. 

3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, is the process of taking a digital model of an object and creating a solid, three-dimensional replica of it.

With its 28 member states and the likelihood of further expansion, the European Union represent an enormous trading opportunity for UK firms looking to export. The EU is essentially a single market designed to make trade between member states as easy as possible.

Many businesses have become disillusioned with the cost of software license renewal and hardware that takes up valuable space and requires endless maintenance. They are increasingly choosing a different model when it comes to paying for their IT resources.

Julia Gash started her promotional bag company, Bag It Don't Bin It (now shortened to BIDBI), in 2007. The business imports eco-friendly cloth bags, which are printed in the UK for high-profile customers including Marks and Spencer, Lush, the British Museum, and Harvey Nichols.

ProofHQ's innovative collaborative review and editing software tool is achieving worldwide success. With backing from Santander's Growth Capital Fund, the company is positioning itself for further expansion.

The latest 4G mobile networks are promising to change the way we work while out and about, but is now the right time to be migrating your employees' devices? Here, we look at the options in terms of connectivity, reliability and predicted costs

The public sector can offer reliable payment periods and loyal customers for companies willing to invest time in pursuing contracts and looking after clients. With SMEs the focus of new contract initiatives, now is the time to explore this option.

From personal business productivity tools, to dashboards and business analytics systems, here are the top ten software tools and cloud services to help you analyse your business data and use it effectively.