Kate Bassett

SA

Sales & Marketing 2 min read

Trudie Styler, entrepreneur

Why there's more to Trudie Styler (aka Mrs Sting) than tantric sex.

AN

Any other business 1 min read

Tim Mead

Tim Mead of Yeo Valley tells us about his favourite book (it's not what you'd expect) and extortionate socks.

IN

Interviews 4 min read

Yeo Valley rap: The inside information

The Yeo Valley rap put founder Tim Mead's dairy on the map. We've got the inside information about the Yeo Valley rap campaign. WARNING: you'll be humming the Yeo Valley rap all day!

MA

Managing Your Cash Flow 2 min read

Coffee Nation sold to Whitbread

Whitbread has bought Coffee Nation for £59.5m as part of its attack on the self-serve coffee bar sector.

OP

Opinion 3 min read

Seven things you can learn from Justin Bieber

The obnoxious Canadian singer-songwriter-actor Justin Bieber has something to teach business owners. Honestly.

OP

Opinion 2 min read

What’s in Richard Branson’s notebook?

Stumbled across an interesting article by Richard Branson on how to launch – and grow – an industry-changing company, with jottings from his own business journal.

HR

HR & Management 1 min read

Eden Project’s Tim Smit to receive knighthood

Just announced: Tim Smit, the Dutch entrepreneur behind the Eden Project, is to receive a knighthood for his services to public engagement with science.

MA

Managing Your Cash Flow 2 min read

UK set for more P2P deals

The UK may be set for a significant increase in the number of public companies that are taken private during the next two years, according to new research from Investec Fund Finance.

HR

HR & Management 3 min read

Gordon Ramsay’s business nightmare

Gordon Ramsay's spectacular public fall out with Chris Hutcheson – his business partner and father-in-law – and other family members is a cautionary reminder of the perils of running a family firm.

SA

Sales & Marketing 2 min read

Trunki wheels into new markets

Magmatic, the innovative Bristol-based design company behind the Trunki brand, has just signed a new manufacturing and distribution rights deal with one of the US’s biggest toy companies, Melissa & Doug.