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.
Kidston launched her eponymous brand in 1992. But the vintage devotee and designer didn't build her £20m-turnover business through some masterplan. It was mostly down to fate.
If these tougher times can teach us anything, it’s how to run a business as efficiently as possible.
A third runway and sixth terminal will be built at Heathrow Airport. The government announcement has drawn praise from the CBI but concern from one entrepreneur.
Plenty of successful entrepreneurs tell us that a recession is the best time to start a new business. But what are the top business ideas if you want to start-up and still work from home
Recession" What recession" That’s what American entrepreneur Natalia Wolfrom must be thinking – she’s been selling novelty keyboards for blondies like they’re going out of fashion.
Robert Hurst co-founded music portal Audio Network in 2001. There was no money for fancy offices in London but, surprisingly, he found that staff were more than happy to leave the big smoke behind.
“McDonalds was the first franchise on the high street. We were the second,” says founder Toni Mascolo.
It’s a familiar format: a gaggle of businesspeople are thrown together to meet a series of challenges. But the entrepreneurs on this show have already made their millions. They’re being forced to start from scratch with no money and no help in unfamiliar territory. RB’s already hooked.
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