Regulations can burden small businesses but our research shows they can also help them grow
- Written by Oliver Mallett, Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Stirling
Small businesses can benefit from following rules.Dragana Gordic / ShutterstockA couple of weeks before her short stint as prime minister ended, Liz Truss delivered on a pledge to tackle what some – including Truss – saw as red tape holding back “thousands of growing businesses” in the UK. The move focused on exempting...







