We’ve all heard the analogy that in many ways running a business is like playing a sport. It’s been proven over and over again, and Media Legends Group, co-founded by tennis ace and leisure entrepreneur David Lloyd, is no different.
After his pop-up retail space firm, Appear Here, was awarded Young Company of The Year at the Growing Business Awards, Business Advice spoke to founder Ross Bailey about how he identified a gap in the market and moved in to disrupt the world of commercial property.
As the adoption of card payments continues to grow, NetPay has been there to support the transition. And with the company named 2015’s business-to-business champion, MD Carl Churchill spoke with Real Business about how facing firms is done with innovation, ideas and feedback.
From the opening scene of the original “Star Wars”, the 1977 classic showcases a number of security issues that are still prevalent today. Whether it’s R2-D2 storing the stolen Death Star plans and gaining unauthorised access into critical systems like garbage compactors, there are more than a few parallels that can be drawn.
By Garth Haley
According to Cisco, video will account for 69 per cent of all consumer internet traffic by 2017. As 2016 fast approaches, time is running out for businesses to harness the medium of video to connect with their audiences online.
After having won the 2015 Growing Business Awards for large company of the year, we asked CEO David Hosking about his future growth plans for private equity-owned Tusker.
As the end of the year rapidly approaches, thoughts are turning to how the past 12 months have gone and how we could do things better next year.
Gousto, the fresh ingredient delivery service named in our Everline Future 50 2014, has secured a £9m investment from a new arm of the Business Growth Fund. Real Business caught up with CEO Timo Schmidt about the pot, how the business will apply pressure to Tesco and why he believes the sector can be as commonplace as buying clothes online.
As we continue our search for the nation’s digital champions, we’ve discovered The Counter – a savvy small coffee chain that’s tripled the size of its business in just 15 months through innovative thinking that includes setting up in police boxes.
As the 2015 Growing Business Awards Entrepreneur of the Year, Steve Jackson has one of the most interesting and unique CVs you’re likely to come across, as Real Business found out when we spoke to the winner himself.
