Andrew Green: Brexit and Immigration – time for some clarity on aims

Such a move would provide some reassurance to the public whose strong desire for a reduction in net migration played a decisive role in the referendum result.

Sean Worth: The right industrial strategy could pay electoral dividends

Downing Street can win votes in the regions without resorting to Blair’s pork-barrel spending.

James Sproule: Hammond must use the Autumn Statement to bolster faltering business confidence

The first piece in a mini-series on next week’s Treasury set-piece presents the Institute of Directors’ advice for the Chancellor.

Mark Garnier: Labour’s reaction to the Nissan news shows they put self-interest ahead of British jobs

Why are they incapable of welcoming such good news?

Mark Florman: The Government should incentivise business to act responsibly. Here’s how.

We need to measure the impact of firms on the communities in which they operate, instead of simply considering what their return on investment is.

Meirion Jenkins: How we can boost exports to a £1 trillion a year

These are my observations as to how we can up our export game – here are the two game changers. They go together and feed off each other.

Chris Bryce: Hammond has a chance to reset policy towards the smallest businesses

Too often, Osborne’s ‘tax avoidance’ measures hurt small enterprise.

Sponsored Post: Gavin Partington: Over 2,000 small business owners call on the Chancellor to think again about the soft drinks tax

The policy risks more than 4,000 jobs but will only reduce calorie intake by five calories per person, per day.

Andrew Green: The EU and migration. Work permits are the way forward.

The introduction of a work permit scheme that confines EU migration to skilled employment would by our calcuation reduce it net by approximately 100,000 a year.

“Change has got to come.” May’s Conference speech: full text

“We believe in the good that government can do.”

Sponsored Post: Pev Manners: The only impact a soft drinks tax will have is on small British businesses like Belvoir Fruit Farms

Demonising one product surely cannot be the answer.

May’s decision to close down the Business Advisory Group has implications for Hammond

The Treasury is not – and should not be – in charge of the Brexit process.

Judy Terry: Councils must be included in the industrial strategy

Local Enterprise Partnerships have shown how business can prompt local authorities to speed up decision making.

Jake Berry: Let’s get this great exhibition to Manchester – and show that Brexit Britain is open for business

Hosting the 2025 Northern Powerhouse EXPO would be bigger than the Olympics and the World Cup combined.

Fox must set trade free, not coerce business

The Trade Secretary’s reported remarks suggest a mercantile attitude at odds with the optimistic, free-trading case for a global Britain.