On the final day of the Premiership season, there'll be more than football for the camera's to focus on thanks to a brilliant charity event from Mask-arade. The mask company have organised for 4,000 replicas of the face of Aston Villa's Stan Petrov, who suffers from leukaemia, to be placed on each away seat for their match at Wigan to raise awareness for Cure Leukaemia.

Co-founder of the Smarta 100 winning company, Chris O'Nyan, told us why his company has always helped charities, and why other small businesses should too.

Combining design and investment opportunity in a real estate management company was Nivin El-Gamal's idea on how to offer a unique property service. Check out the Galaxy Stars start up in 60 seconds here.

The Prime Minister has called for British start-ups to pitch to him at this year's Conservative Party Start-Up Hub. The 12 best businesses will then showcase their work in front of thousands at the Conservative Party Conference. The four day event will give these start-ups the chance to demonstrate their ideas to some of the most influential figures in British Business. We spoke to Competition chair, Damian Collins MP, about what it will take to win and why start-ups should enter.

Former The Apprentice candidate and founder of Cult Wines Tom Gearing shares his take on Lord Sugar's decision in episode three of this series.

I've seen loads of businesses making smarter choices when it comes to their cashflow lately, but there's still more they could do to protect themselves against hitting hard times. Luckily, the King is here with another tip to shore up your defences and leave your business feeling secure. But this one's not just for you, it involves your trusty team mates too.

When launching any business you have to be prepared for ongoing change and never stop looking for ways to improve. Peter Clayton, founder of Tradeplumbing.co.uk, explains how being kept on his toes in a competitive online market is good for his business.

It's Local Business Week! In celebration, we're bringing you five great reasons customers choose independent and local shops over the huge name brands. Udozi, the local shopping app, asked customers what frustrates them about large chain shops. These five answers are lessons every local store should consider in the quest to compete with the high-street names.

Britain's SMEs are missing out on sales by failing to optimise their websites for mobile viewing, and big brands are taking advantage of it. Four out of every five small businesses have not optimised their websites for mobile browsing and it is smothering growth amongst start ups.

David Cameron's enterprise adviser, Lord Young, has set the stage for the removal of the age limitation on the taxpayer-funded scheme, Start-Up Loans. Currently only available to entrepreneurs under 30, David Cameron has hailed Lord Young's idea as being able to "fire up business growth" in the UK.

O2 and Smarta are thrilled to announce this week's #O2SmartaBiz winner is Altrincham HQ. Founder, Alex McCann showed the power of bringing together a community by building a networking event for 35 local companies. Smarta love seeing small businesses coming together, so Altrincham HQ was a clear winner for this week's title. Has your business been smart this week? Let us know by tweeting us using the #O2SmartaBiz hashtag and you could be a winner too!