By Simon Brooke
Lord Grantham would probably be horrified by the prospect of his great estates and country home being used for anything so vulgar as trade but as the hit TV series continued to sell around the world, one small company has enjoyed enormous success thanks to its global appeal.
You would be forgiven for thinking that Polar Bear Pitching – 20 startups and growing companies taking turns to present to investors while standing in a freezing water-filled ice hole – is yet another spin off Dragons’ Den-style event.
By Simon Brooke
Looking for a holiday cottage in Britain for this summer Snaptrip offers holidaymakers late deals on a choice of 25,000 rental properties all around the country.
By David Craik
Whisper it, but SecretSales has had plenty to boast about in the last twelve months.
By Simon Brooke
Disruption is the business buzzword of the moment and a few companies are disrupting quite as effectively – and as controversially – as Uber, the service that allows you to book a taxi from your mobile.
By Simon Brooke
With SMEs and entrepreneurial-type businesses needing to be increasingly flexible and agile, Simon Brooke looks at how interim management positions are becoming more prevalent.
Former model Caprice Bourret speaks exclusively to Real Business on camera, revealing her childhood exposure to entrepreneurship, what prompted her to move into the business world with lingerie line By Caprice Products and the hard mistakes she learned along the way.
You’re never too young to start a business – famous interior designer and Dragons’ Den investor Kelly Hoppen is proof of that.
On the back of completing an investment round that means his business has now raised nearly $150m since founding, Real Business quizzes WorldRemit founder and CEO Ismail Ahmed on the best way to get funding.
British tech business SwiftKey has grown its team with a handful of new executive hires from companies including Google, King, and Cable and Wireless.
