Interviews

Interviews 6 min read

SecretSales founders: Digital graduates are flocking to pure tech groups rather than ecommerce

Whisper it, but SecretSales has had plenty to boast about in the last twelve months.

Interviews 4 min read

Hitting the road Ubers little sister takes on the taxi booking space

Disruption is the business buzzword of the moment and a few companies are disrupting quite as effectively – and as controversially – as Uber, the service that allows you to book a taxi from your mobile.

HR & Management 5 min read

SMEs likely to taking on more interim managers

With SMEs and entrepreneurial-type businesses needing to be increasingly flexible and agile, Simon Brooke looks at how interim management positions are becoming more prevalent.

Interviews 2 min read

Ladbrokes profits hit by big 2014 Boxing Day pay out

British betting business Ladbrokes witnessed revenue growth of nearly 4 per cent during 2014, but saw its profits dented by an £8m hit after Boxing Day football fixtures went the wrong way.

Interviews 2 min read

Fear of failure prevents would-be entrepreneurs from developing business

New research from the UK government has revealed that 39 per cent of of would-be entrepreneurs across the country consider starting a business each day, but fear is a big problem.

Interviews 3 min read

What the UK’s businesses would look like were there only 100 of them

It's been said that small businesses were the ones to lead the UK out of the recession. Dubbed the “lifeblood of the economy”, it's not hard to see why the sector has been subject to so much government focus. But would we be looking at a slightly different picture if Britain only had a total of 100 businesses

Interviews 3 min read

Wonder Woman inspires sisters who quit law to open female-friendly West End e-cigarette bar

Two sisters working in immigration law, Sadia Tanvir-Navaab and Almas Tanvir-Khan, quit their legal careers for a move into entrepreneurship to open the Avant Garde vaping bar in London's West End, noting Wonder Woman as an inspiration.

Interviews 2 min read

Self-control the key entrepreneurial quality for successful business launch

Anglia Ruskin University has discovered that individuals with a high level of self-control are more likely to get a business launched than those with lower levels of responsibility.

Any other business 3 min read

Caprice: I was too naive and American when I started

Former model Caprice Bourret speaks exclusively to Real Business on camera, revealing her childhood exposure to entrepreneurship, what prompted her to move into the business world with lingerie line By Caprice Products and the hard mistakes she learned along the way.