Real Business
Stuart was a co-founder and editorial director of Real Business in 1997. It was the UK’s first magazine written specifically for entrepreneurs and directors of growing businesses.
Director
Stuart was editor of the IoD magazine Director between 1989 to 1996.
Economic and political outlook 2021
In January 2021, Stuart was the Zoom moderator for this annual event held by ACG UK.
ESG Disclosure
Stuart wrote this report for London Stock Exchange in 2020.
Scaleup stories
Stuart is writing this ongoing series of interviews with some of the UK’s fastest-growing companies for the ScaleUp Institute.
AIM | 25
Stuart wrote this report in 2020, celebrating the 25th anniversary of AIM, London Stock Exchange’s growth market.
Business awards
Stuart helped to create, run and host many publications, conferences and awards events. These include The First Women Awards in partnership with the CBI; the Women of the Future Awards and the Asian Women of Achievement Awards in partnership with their founder Pinky Lilani; and the Growing Business Awards.
Intellectual Property
Stuart has worked with the international IP firm Mewburn Ellis on the content development for its website, including articles on graphene, battery technology and future mobility.
London’s entrepreneurs
For more than five years, Stuart has worked with London & Partners on many initiatives celebrating the city and its fast-growing companies and sectors. These have included:
London Tech Heroes: highlighting 15 role models for London’s tech scaleups, created for London Technology Week 2015;
London International Growth Heroes: created to support the launch of the award-winning Mayor’s International Business Programme, which supports the international growth of high-growth London companies in the technology, life sciences, and urban infrastructure sectors.
Transatlantic Tech: an extensive series of interviews with US and Canadian entrepreneurs and senior executives about their experiences of starting and growing tech businesses in London
Capital of Convergence: a publication highlighting the density of domain expertise and technology talent in London and identifying the city as “the world capital of convergence.”
In addition, Stuart has written for London & Partners on the city’s collaboration with Japan; on the development of its digital health sector; and on a response to the Brexit referendum.
Fintech
Working with London Stock Exchange Group, TheCityUK and YouGov, Finance for Fintech surveyed than 400 fintech companies across eight countries – Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Singapore, Turkey, UK and USA – about their growth plans and how they will finance growth.
Alongside this, 12 in-depth interviews were conducted with fintech CEOs. The report provided important insights about the scale and ambitions for global growth of the fintech sector. The report highlighted the UK as one of the top priority markets for fintechs seeking to expand internationally and raise finance.
