With the road to the top being hard to travel, we asked a panel of our Future 50 alumni – those disrupting their industries – how they grew their own companies to the tune of great success.
Acknowledging the changing attitudes of Brits when it comes to healthier lifestyle, t plus is delivering vitamin-rich teas to stores including Tesco, which it hopes will lead to it becoming the number one challenger brand in hot drinks in the UK.
For Steph Douglas, becoming a mother inspired her to create Don’t Buy Her Flowers – a gift package service that encourages customers to treat mums to anything but a bouquet.
Taking on an apprentice can be great way to help your business grow while at the same time providing a way for young people to earn a wage while combining practical training in a job with studying towards a qualification – as these two firms found out.
Founded in 2003 by Mark Flanagan, who remains managing director of the business, Shieldyourself has garnered itself a reputation for exceptional quality standards – something that was reflected in its attainment of a Commendation for Excellence in 2014. We quizzed Flanagan about how the use of software and apps has enabled the company to beat away the competition.
Real Business caught up with Mash Direct founder Martin Hamilton to find out how he intends to ensure business success and how the unsuspecting Middle East became a popular client.
Not content with resting on their laurels, the leaders of Turtle Wax and Ripmax explained why they went in search of a finance supplier and credit line that would provide the ammunition needed to be even more ambitious.
Daniel Chamier took over ailing British manufacturer Chapman as a way to escape his city job. We found out how he scaled it from a cottage industry firm to a growing exporter loved by HRH Countess of Wessex Sophie Rhys-Jones and Jeremy Clarkson.
By Ben Moore
We quizzed Simon Down, deputy dean of Lord Ashcroft International Business School, about an exclusive YouGov survey investigating the opinions of 700 SME decision makers on how the Brexit may affect SMEs’ export.
Having set himself the goal of having a business turning over £5m within seven years, entrepreneur Joe Fogel tells us how a wide range of digital tools have helped he and VaioPak Group become so successful.
