The entrepreneurs capitalising on the booming clean living culture
As many of us overindulged during the festive season, embracing a clean living lifestyle seems like a way out in January, so we ve spoken with UK firms capitalising on the trend.
Tag: Interviews
Feefo: Encouraging businesses to actively invite, not fight, customer reviews
The internet can make or break a company’s reputation, but customer reviews platform provider Feefo has designed a unique invite-only model that prompts businesses to actively encourage consumer feedback.
A-list clients, luxury cars and Dubai escapes it’s the norm for the man behind Pimlico Plumbers
Charlie Mullins is the epitome of self-made. Having gone from skipping school to apprentice to then open Pimlico Plumbers, the business has a £30m turnover, which has given him the keys to the good life.
Tottenham Hotspur FC: Transforming into a North London Powerhouse
London-based football team Tottenham Hotspur FC is in the process of an incredible transformation, and Real Business was invited to White Hart Lane to speak with the directors about the new stadium and how local SMEs will prosper.
Overcoming challenges to realise the vision of being a manufacturer
Thermoseal Group is no stranger to winning accolades, with Export Champion of the Year being the latest title bestowed upon it at the 2016 Amazon Growing Business Awards. Intrigued by the company’s journey thus far, we talked with managing director Gwain Paterson, who attributed much of its success to overcoming challenges.
Some 50 years of innovative thinking has helped Epson push boundaries
Since the time it was appointed official timekeeper for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Epson garnered numerous achievements in large part due to innovative thinking from creating the first analog quartz watch to being part of the STS-95 space shuttle mission and we wondered how it used said innovation to drive business. So we asked.
Pride and politics: Sage CEO Stephen Kelly is backing SMEs all the way
We spoke with Sage CEO Stephen Kelly, who opened up on current developments at the accounting software firm including where pride and politics fit into the operation.
Industry leaders get their claws out for Fat Cat Wednesday
Fat Cat Wednesday represents the day on which FTSE 100 CEOs earned the average annual UK salary of £28,200 and we re only four days into the new year.
Broadband nightmares: It’s the waiting game that often drives critical responses
While the nation constantly takes a look at the proverbial clock to see how long it will take for superfast broadband to be made available to all, Doctor Broadband explains that our Internet landscape isn’t as bad as it seems the waiting game has caused us to voice out in irritation though.
This social butterfly left investment banking to cause a Party Hype
On our latest Black Cab Entrepreneur journey, people person Anna Frankowska told us how she went from party girl to economics graduate to investment banker and back again, returning to merrymaking with Party Hype.