Interviews

Interviews 5 min read

Leaving professional rugby behind to tackle the beverage industry with a global brand

In the latest of our Business Class profiles, we hear from Gary Lavin, a former professional rugby player who turned his attention towards business after an injury forced him out of action. Now, in ownership of healthy drink brand VitHit, which sells 17 million bottles annually, Lavin paints a picture of the prosperous new life he’s created.

Interviews 5 min read

Relight the fire of growth in your business in five steps

Whether it’s a villa in Spain or a caravan in Cornwall, chances are you’ve had to deal with a temperamental gas hob. And you’ll know that just pushing in a knob, and hoping the endless clicking will magically result in a flame is a fool’s strategy.

Interviews 5 min read

What the banks have to say about the wave-making CMA investigation

As a piece of research designed to weaken the stranglehold the UK's "big four" banks have over the retail and business banking space, Real Business finds out what the incumbent high street lenders and new challengers on the block made of the "Making banks work harder for you" document.

Interviews 7 min read

Steer clear of the 12 errors product design businesses usually make

Toy designer Gillian Logan pitched her Skinny Sketcher drawing kit idea at the Inventors Workshop in 2014, and has since achieved success with the product. But having made a number of mistakes to get there, she’s outlined 12 errors frequently made by product design startups, and how steer clear of them.

Business Technology 5 min read

Now small businesses can offer staff perks and compete with big corporates

The Everline Future 50 has showcased some fantastically-disruptive new business concepts, and very few are as exciting as Perkbox – an employee engagement platform that is looking to help company owners retain their most prized assets, staff.

Interviews 2 min read

The rise of the defensive CFO

Deloitte recently revealed that strategies involving expenditure or taking risk have been in sharp decline, with CFOs instead focusing more on defensive moves.

Interviews 6 min read

Insight on running a business with 1,400 staff and turnover of 70m

As his business begins to crank up growth, Jason Miller, CEO of commercial laundry business CLEAN, revealed what it's like to take on a successful family business and how the purchase of a competitor is opening up new horizons for the fifth generation company.

Interviews 3 min read

Eight tips on expanding your business globally

Many successful businesses aspire to develop a global strategy and expand into new territories. This move can be for various reasons, often to increase global market share, lower manufacturing costs or diversify customer base.

Interviews 5 min read

From light bulb moment to online success

Phil Holt, CEO of digital agency Web Foundry, discusses that "light bulb moment" when an idea takes hold, but offers a note of caution to safeguard against a number of common mistakes and misconceptions that can lie ahead on the rocky road to online success.