From our How to be a CEO podcast: An interview with the boss of AXA UK and Ireland, Tara Foley.

We’ll also be looking at the AXA Start-up Angel competition, which is run in partnership with the Evening Standard and gives budding entrepreneurs the chance to win capital, and get first-class mentoring. There are six opportunities to win, including two top prizes of £25,000 to fund your business idea, and you’ll get mentoring from the AXA Startup Angels along with business insurance for a year. Entries close on June 2nd 2024. For more details, and Ts and Cs, head over to the website.

For more interviews, news and analysis, go to the business page at standard.co.uk/business, or pick up the Evening Standard newspaper.

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Conservatives on track for one of their worst council elections ever. Rishi Sunak calls results ‘disappointing’...but what’s his next move? Our deputy political editor Jitendra Joshi and our chief political correspondent Rachael Burford discuss the Conservatives' significant losses in the local elections, Labour's success in the Blackpool South by-election, and they consider how the PM could react to such damning election results.

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Restaurants reporting ruder customers, 50% of theatre staff considered quitting over poor behaviour, tube riders blocking your way out of the carriage. Exploring London's shifting etiquette, features writer Maddy Mussen describes how the Capital is getting ruder, and reveals the experts and analysis that back up her hypothesis.

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