Numerous early-stage firms utilise family and friends for help when getting a business off the ground, but how sustainable is it working alongside a sibling? Business Advice spoke to a number of firms with brothers and sisters at the helm to find out what the experience is actually like. more»

Despite a statutory right to 20 days holiday each year, many self-employed workers don't get anywhere near that number according to new research. Three quarters of a million small firm owners are missing out on summer holidays to focus on work. more»

Every entrepreneur will have some very memorable mistakes they made along the way – here are some of the more famous ones and what they learned from them. more»

Payment processing company Worldpay had found that 70 per cent of business owners felt they don't have a good enough work-life balance to take holiday – with one in five small firm owners admitting they hadn't had more than a week off in at least three years. more»