Skills shortages are continuing to bite with firms identifying this as the top threat to the UK’s attractiveness as a place to do business for the second year running. That’s according to the latest CBI/Accenture Employment Trends Survey, presented by Emma McGuigan, Managing Director, Accenture Technology, UK & Ireland alongside Neil Carberry, CBI Director for Employment and Skills. December 2015

Tim Hinton, Managing Director of SME & Mid Markets, Lloyds Banking Group and the CBI's Director of Competitive Markets, Matthew Fell, close proceedings at the CBI's MSB Summit. London, 2015.

The panel examines the key decisions and factors that can enable companies to scale-up and identifying the challenges they encounter on their growth journeys. Taking part: Gareth Ramsey (Product Director, Experian), Simon Devonshire (Entrepreneur and Investor), Jon Reynolds (CEO SwiftKey), Irene Graham (CEO, The Scale-Up Institute).

CEO, Two Circles interviewed at the CBI's MSB Summit. London, 2015.

Co-founder, CEO SwiftKey at the CBI's MSB Summit. London, 2015.

Simon Devonshire, serial entrepreneur and investor

Andrew Connors, head, mid-sized business, mid-markets

CEO at TestPlant interviewed at the CBI's MSB Summit. London, 2015.

Director of Mid-Market Evaluation, Standard and Poors at the CBI's MSB Summit. London, 2015.

Sir Michael Bibby, managing director, Bibby Line Group, talks with Declan Curry