Vodafone hit the headlines this morning amid rumours that it is considering buying rival mobile phone firm T-Mobile UK. The move would make the firm the biggest mobile phone operator in the country. Will the deal stifle competition" Entrepreneurs and lawyers tell us their views.
Brian Burnie spent more than £16m transforming Doxford Hall in Northumberland into one of the country's most luxurious spa hotels. And now he's selling his entire empire to help cancer sufferers.
No wonder Chris Rea is happy. The owner of AESSEAL and speaker at this year’s Entrepreneurs’ Summit has been preparing for this recession for ten years and his company has just added a record four Queen's Awards to its collection of seven.
Grant Bovey was the poster boy for Real Business back in 2007: he appeared on our front cover and was shortlisted for the Entrepreneur of the Year gong at our Growing Business Awards. But not even he has been able to escape the jaws of the credit crunch.
When Fiona Begley sold her employee drug and alcohol-testing firm to AIM-listed Concateno in 2002 for £30m and took charge of the joint company, she went on a serious “shopping spree” – buying up six companies in total. And she’s not planning on stopping there.
Dragons' Den star Peter Jones tells us about his favourite invention, his shoe-buying problems and why he reckons Theo Paphitis should appear on The Apprentice.
Henry Edjelbaum, managing director of accountancy group AIMS, has hit out at Chancellor Alistair Darling’s Pre-Budget Report, describing it as “nothing more than an ill-conceived headline grabber” and an administrative nightmare for small retailers.
Darren Tilley knows a thing or two about customer service. The founder of £8m-turnover chauffeured transport firm Driven Worldwide hasn’t lost a single client in the past few years.
As building materials giant Wolseley sees profits drop 77 per cent after being hit by the US and UK housing slowdown, plumbing entrepreneur Charlie Mullins warns that the industry needs to adapt to weather the economic storm.
On Monday’s episode of Dragons’ Den, entrepreneur Richard Mire was told his Screen Machine product was a “ridiculously stupid, crazy idea”. But despite the Dragons’ venomous attack, Mire hasn’t been put off.
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