Tangle Teezer: From startup to award-winning exporter
Since its founder’s idea for a detangling hairbrush was rejected on Dragon’s Den in 2007, Tangle Teezer has sold over twenty million of the product – and sales have grown from £1m to £30m.
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The Digital Champion powering Netflix-like content for Spotify and Virgin
Easel TV was crowned the Digital Champion at the Growing Business Awards and CEO Joe Foster has spoken with Real Business about the victory as well as the company’s work on projects for the likes of Spotify and Virgin Media.
Clifton Asset Management: Life since Everline Future 50
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.
EXCLUSIVE: Facebook hits landmark business use level and launches new communication tools
In an exclusive interview with Real Business, Facebook’s Benji Shomair, director of Pages, revealed how use of the platform by businesses has grown and what new applications have been introduced to improve communication between brands and consumers.
The packaging entrepreneur who’s wrapped up business from Ben & Jerry’s
Fresh from being bestowed with the Young Entrepreneur of the Year accolade at the Growing Business Awards, Joe Fogel told us all about his inspiring journey so far.
The small business approach to thinking big on customer service
Celebrating its tenth birthday in 2015, and with growth in double figures year on year, it’s clear that The Dressing Room knows its customer inside out, and can facilitate an excellent shopping experience.
Grace Victory: Business learnings from a social media superstar
For businesses wanting to make more out of social media channels such as Twitter or YouTube, whether it’s for customer acquisition or communication, we’ve tapped up the expertise of award-winning blogger and YouTuber Grace Victory
30 Digital Champions: The shoe brand getting orders from global musicians and royalty
As our quest to find out Britain’s digital champions picks up steam, we turn to the manufacturing sector to have a look at fast-growing Augustus Pili, a business which has a mission to explore what it means to be a man.
Riding the wave from administration to retail superstardom
The founders of Growing Business Awards winner Saltrock not only recovered from the blow of going into administration, but remained committed to ambitious growth plans – and have seen their company go from strength to strength ever since.
How Blaze went about launching that challenging second popular product
After its first product, the Laserlight, went down a storm on Kickstarter and helped propel the business into the cycling limelight, Blaze faced the ominous task of doing it all again. Founder and CEO Emily Brooke told Real Business how the team went about this.