With the vote to decide London’s third mayor now less than two months away, we tracked down Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith to find out what is offering to the capital’s small and medium-sized businesses and why we should trust his enterprise acumen.
With the latest instalment of our annual Everline Future 50 initiative now only days away, Real Business goes back to its first year and finds out how Secret Escapes, a company billed as “hotel porn”, has gone from a disruptive idea to one with a multi-million pound turnover and big plans to further shake up the travel industry.
I’ve been called a few things in my time, but, according to last week’s Sun newspaper, the latest is a “rough diamond” – a label I’m quite happy to take in the context of what I’ve achieved in my business career.
Will Lovegrove, CEO at pensionsync, looks at why a constant dialogue with your customers is “the” key to a successful business.
After Real Business was granted exclusive early access to a report looking at the impact of reward-based crowdfunding both in the UK and around the world, we quizzed its lead author Barry James about the scope of his statistics and the impact crowdfunding could have in the future.
Following on from previous Everline Future 50 profiles, we hear from Adam Tavener, chairman of Clifton Asset Management, about his success as an entrepreneur, challenges he has encountered and advice he has for other companies.
By Barry James
It’s been clear for some time that entrepreneur support and education have just not kept up in a world where new jobs are badly needed and created almost exclusively by entrepreneurs in the startup and SME sector. Now it’s time to come together in this time of disruption. It’s time for a re-think…and a little lemonade.
If you don’t have the time or patience to trawl through the full Autumn Statement and Spending Review document, Real Business has summarised all of chancellor George Osborne’s salient points for your reading pleasure.
By Simon Brooke
Innovative technology often takes a long time to get off the ground. Having spent years developing a new approach to testing tyre pressures, WheelRight is starting to gather momentum and attracting the attention of a number of major industry players.
Relying on amateur investors does not mean your business idea is ready to fly.
