May 2025: In the Sunday Times, Steve explores what makes an entrepreneur, not just starting a business, but growing it and achieving lasting success. He offers insights into how the UK can better foster and support entrepreneurial talent.

May 2025: The Rigby Family has been recognised as one of the top 100 largest givers in the UK in the Sunday Times Giving 100 list. Putting back into the communities and regions where they operate has always been key to the family’s values.

May 2025: Steve releases the findings of the report he prepared - ‘Implications of New US Trade Tariffs for the West Midlands Economy’ - which was commissioned by Richard Parker, Mayor of the West Midlands, to explore how the proposed US tariffs will affect the region.

April 2025: Steve writes in The Times about his recent visit to a Birmingham school, highlighting the vital role businesses must play in helping young people develop the skills they need to succeed in the workforce, creating value and driving economic growth.

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 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 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 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: Steve writes in City A.M. arguing that growth is impossible if we continue on as we are but the Spring Budget is a chance for change. He sets out seven ways the Chancellor could make an immediate positive impact.

February 2025: Whilst the UK’s trading relationship with the US remains unclear, untapped business potential still exists for UK entrepreneurs. Steve offers advice to British entrepreneurs based on a recent report from The Entrepreneurs Network.

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, 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.