Introduction

This week we're celebrating those women small business owners who put their faith in us to help them take the next step. The grossh figure that china reported to day was slightly below expectations, and those expectations were already pretty modest. Emmanuel macron's rapid rise to the presidency shook up francis political order making the fate of his re election bid extremely unpredictable. And our columnist picks an unusual model to work from, one that been tried and tested for more than eight centuries.