A tour of duty in Afghanistan spurred Sam Silva on to launch his own business. Here he talks about setting up a premium removal service, which takes care of all the details that make moving house complicated.

This week's budget contained several measures for entrepreneurs and small business investors, together with incentives for small businesses. Here, in no particular order, Justin Randall from leading chartered accountants Jeffreys Henry LLP, picks out the most important points to note.

Since founding Innocent Drinks 12 years ago Richard Reed and his co-founders have enjoyed phenomenal success. As he explained to students of Hult International Business School at an executive speaker night this week, launching and running a start-up is one challenge after another but also a source of great satisfaction. Here are the lessons he has learnt.

Former Apprentice runner-up Claire Young gives her thoughts on the first episode of series eight as another 16 candidates compete for a £250,000 investment from Lord Sugar.

They're annoyingly confident, evil genius-esque business minds who usually possess a rare form of cliché-filled tourettes and they're about to take over our TV's for the next 12 weeks. Yes, The Apprentice is back with its eighth series tonight from 9pm.

George Osborne said this was a budget for the working people as he announced tax cuts at the top and bottom of the economy.

We've broken down the chancellor's speech to see what words he used most. The larger the word, the more times it was said.

Amid the schoolboy-like jeering, paper waving and feet stamping there were actual MPs making announcements that will affect small businesses in the UK during the budget speech earlier.

Stephen Archer from Spring Partnerships wants to see decisive action  to help small businesses in today's budget.

James Passingham, the founder of business communications provider Foehn, says George Osborne needs to recognise the importance of small business in today's budget.