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Sales & Marketing 1 min read

Bravo Openbravo

News today of the largest ever funding round for an open-source ERP business.

HR & Management 4 min read

Delboy’s top ten business lessons

Entrepreneurs up and down the country have been watching back-to-back episodes of Only Fools and Horses, gleaning top tips from the wheeler-dealer himself.

Sales & Marketing 2 min read

Entrepreneurs flee the country

Serial entrepreneur Hugh Osmond is considering relocating Pearl Assurance, his financial services group, outside the UK for tax reasons. He’s not the only one to lose faith in the government and turn his back on Blighty.

HR & Management 3 min read

Swiss sisters smiling all the way to the bank

In 2004, sisters Haleh and Golnar Abivardi opened Swiss Smile, a private dental clinic, in Zurich. Today, they have clinics in St. Moritz and London, employ 200 people and, with a turnover of £10m, have plenty to smile about.

HR & Management 2 min read

Top ten oldest UK companies

When it comes to the oldest UK companies, family businesses are well represented. Read the list below and see for yourself.

Sales & Marketing 2 min read

Reggae Reggae Sauce entrepreneur on slaying Dragons?

A year ago, Levi Roots sang his way to a £50k investment on Dragons’ Den. Speaking at The Entrepreneurs’ Summit yesterday, the Afro Caribbean entrepreneur behind Reggae Reggae Sauce says he wishes he didn’t have to “slay so many dragons” to get funding.

HR & Management 1 min read