MEDIA

April 2025: Steve speaks with Blick Rothenberg’s CEO, Nimesh Shah, and Client Partner Malli Kini, to discuss the implications of the 2024 Autumn Budget on the business community. They explore how changes to Business Property Relief are reshaping the tax landscape, prompting family businesses to rethink succession planning and prepare for long-term impact.

April 2025: Steve is interviewed for a profile piece in City A.M., which examines his career and the current business landscape.

April 2025: Steve speaks to Laura Kuenssberg, sharing his response to the US tariffs after meeting with other business leaders and the Prime Minister at No. 10. Steve underlines the need for a calm and considered response from both the UK and the EU.

April 2025: Following his meeting with the Prime Minister, Steve shares his insights on the impact of US tariffs for UK businesses. He highlights the need for a well-planned and robust response to safeguard businesses from the potential fallout.

April 2025: Steve Rigby, was among 17 business leaders invited to Downing Street for a high-level meeting with the Prime Minister, following the announcement of new US tariffs by President Trump.

March 2025: Steve discusses his reaction to the Spring Statement and the expected impact on UK businesses, including his concerns for small and medium-sized firms and his hopes for economic growth.

March 2025: Steve discusses the Spring Statement and its potential impact on UK businesses with Dominic O'Connell on Times Radio.

March 2025: Steve discusses the hopes of UK businesses ahead of the Chancellor’s Spring Statement, examining how government policies can foster confidence and drive economic growth.

March 2025: Steve comments in the Sunday Times, discussing the impact on Birmingham businesses and retailers of the Government’s recent tax changes, including increases to employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs).

March 2025: Steve writes in The Times sharing his thoughts on the parallels between  political and business leadership and setting out some policies that could help deliver much needed economic growth in the UK. His proposals include reforming the triple lock, establishing realistic debt targets, and recalibrating the UK's net zero ambitions.

March 2025: Steve joins host Laura Kuenssberg to discuss issues such as NHS reforms, Ukraine and the UK economy alongside Health Secretary Wes Streeting, Shadow Education Secretary Laura Trott, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, journalist Susanna Reid, and acclaimed playwright James Graham OBE.

March 2025: Steve contributes to an article examining the impact of the US on UK businesses, highlighting this as a pivotal moment to reassess and reinforce the “special relationship” between the two nations.

February 2025: The Rigby Foundation, chaired by Steve Rigby, launches its ground-breaking social mobility project, Inspiring Futures. The charity is pledging £3 million to help raise the aspirations of disadvantaged young people in Birmingham, pairing charities with schools across the city.

February 2025: Steve’s interview with Business Insider, where he discusses his experience as one of the leaders of an incredibly successful family business, and what it means to drive growth and innovation in Europe’s largest private tech firm.

February 2025: Steve, writing in The Times, argues that the Government must heed the insights of British businesses and leverage their expertise to achieve ambitious economic growth.

January 2025: Steve writes a piece for The Telegraph discussing how recent changes to inheritance tax relief announced in the last budget threaten to disrupt family businesses and their contribution to the UK economy.

January 2025: Steve speaks to Radio 5 Live about the role of UK airports in driving economic growth, discussing key issues surrounding airport expansion including, planning, funding, and achieving net-zero targets.

January 2025: Steve, James and their father Sir Peter Rigby are listed at No. 39 on The Times Tax List 2025, alongside the UK’s top 100 biggest taxpayers. The listing is an endorsement of the family’s commitment to making a meaningful contribution to the economy and supporting its communities.

January 2025: Announcing the 2025 Rising Stars competition, supported by a £3 million investment fund, which will identify and accelerate the UK’s most innovative tech start-ups. Steve will be one of the judges offering mentorship to up-and-coming tech entrepreneurs

January 2025: Celebrating 50 years of Rigby Group. Steve is Co-CEO of this top ten UK family business, which has been forefront of transformative change in technology, philanthropy, and sustainable business practices for half a century.

December 2024: Steve writes in The Times about why businesses have reasons to be optimistic as we approach the new year, emphasising the importance of focusing on growth opportunities in 2025.

December 2024: Steve comments on a new report from The Entrepreneurs Network, arguing that the UK Government must focus on strengthening UK-US trade relations, particularly through a free trade agreement, to achieve its ambitious economic growth goals.

December 2024: In his role as incoming Chair of Family Business UK, Steve discusses the damaging inheritance tax change and the 31 trade associations who are calling for the government to launch a formal consultation.

December 2024: Steve Rigby launches a briefing paper with The Entrepreneurs Network, examining ways to enhance UK-US economic relations, emphasising entrepreneurship, innovation, and regulatory alignment.

November 2024: Steve is quoted in Juliet Samuel’s column for The Times, which discusses how the Government’s changes to inheritance tax are harming family firms.

November 2024: Steve discusses how the tax changes announced by in the Budget will impact businesses, arguing that the proposed measures will damage family businesses, as well as the UK economy and the Government’s growth agenda.

November 2024: Writing in The Times, Steve examines the UK tax changes introduced in the Autumn Budget, highlighting their potential to undermine the future of family businesses and their vital contribution to the economy.

November 2024: In the 2024 Birmingham Economic Review, Steve emphasizes the city’s role as a dynamic hub for economic and social progress and underscores the importance of partnerships between the private and public sectors to sustain growth and build a globally competitive economy.