Real Business asked investors and applicants from BBC’s Dragons’ Den what happened when the cameras weren’t rolling – from applying to be on the show to standing in front of the Dragons.
Craft beer subscription brand HonestBrew has tapped into the lucrative food and beverage crowdfunding space by raising over £400,000, and now has its sights set on scaling quickly while still maintaining a small company feel.
By Simon Brooke
It’s the ambition of almost every successful small business to become a big company at some point. Who wouldn’t want to say that they’d founded one of the great brand names
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.
By Simon Brooke
Setting up and running a small business is tough enough, but for those with a disability it comes with extra challenges – as Real Business found out.
By Simon Brooke
When Simon Conington, founder of BPS World, tells people what he used to do for a living before he founded the fast-growing global recruitment company, they can’t imagine that the two worlds could be connected in any way.
By Simon Brooke
As an experienced entrepreneur who has built three multi-million pound retail businesses in three European countries, Julia Langkraehr has an impressive CV by any standards – and she shares with Real Business how a management system in the US could benefit British SMEs.
By Simon Brooke
The demand for customer review websites that help consumers to find reputable tradespeople and post reviews of those they’ve used is growing exponentially – including VouchedFor.
By Simon Brooke
Justine Roberts, the founder and chief executive of Mumsnet, the networking site for parents, wrote an article in October complaining about how much time women spend getting ready for work. But fitness specialist Julie Creffield has hit back at the claim to defend female leaders.
By Simon Brooke
With a client roster being one of the most important validation points for any business looking to attract new custom, we ask the founder of Bozboz whether his star-named customers have been a boost.
