Benn lauds the low-carbon revolution
Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has urged more people to pursue eco-preneurial ventures saying the environmental industries are going to be “more significant in the future”.
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Delboy’s top ten business lessons
Entrepreneurs up and down the country have been watching back-to-back episodes of Only Fools and Horses, gleaning top tips from the wheeler-dealer himself.
Entrepreneurs flee the country
By Kate Bassett
Serial entrepreneur Hugh Osmond is considering relocating Pearl Assurance, his financial services group, outside the UK for tax reasons. He’s not the only one to lose faith in the government and turn his back on Blighty.
Swiss sisters smiling all the way to the bank
In 2004, sisters Haleh and Golnar Abivardi opened Swiss Smile, a private dental clinic, in Zurich. Today, they have clinics in St. Moritz and London, employ 200 people and, with a turnover of £10m, have plenty to smile about.
Top ten oldest UK companies
By Staff writer
When it comes to the oldest UK companies, family businesses are well represented. Read the list below and see for yourself.
Rosy profits at gardening franchise
If franchising was karate, here’s one young entrepreneur with a black belt.
Reggae Reggae Sauce entrepreneur on slaying Dragons?
By Kate Bassett
A year ago, Levi Roots sang his way to a £50k investment on Dragons’ Den. Speaking at The Entrepreneurs’ Summit yesterday, the Afro Caribbean entrepreneur behind Reggae Reggae Sauce says he wishes he didn’t have to “slay so many dragons” to get funding.
Article 10 sales force gets extra help
Entrepreneurial design agency Article 10 is improving its sales team’s client presentations to ensure the business stays afloat as the economy slows down.
The British: nonchalant, or lazy?
By Matthew Rock
A non-dom entrepreneur in London on the frustratingly creative Brits.
A joke for your CEO
Next time you see them near a photocopier/shredder/fax machine…