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When Colin Stevens washed away the competition at last year’s National Business Awards, Business Matters managing Editor and NBA judge commented that here was a true entrepreneurial success story. Here Stevens’ tells us some of the secrets to that success.

Young Entrepreneur Jasmine Hetherington-Wilkes has taken her video production company from Bedroom to Boardroom with London Mayor Boris Johnson one of the stars at the opening of their new premises in Tottenham, north London.

Marc Morley-Freer, a respected face in the world of currency exchange and Head of Private Client Business at international payment specialist Smart Currency Exchange, tells us about his influences and offers some advice for start-up businesses

We talk to Jonathan Jordan the CEO of communications company Sermelo about who inspires him in business, what he would do differently if he could and the advice he would give to anyone just starting out in business.

Having started many businesses over the years and as with most of his endeavours, Asif Rangoonwala saw an opportunity in the market to dominate and control an industry. In this case, it was the marine motorsport industry. Here he tells us the secret of his success.

We talk to Rory Whelan about business, inspirations and find out what advice he would give to someone just starting out.

The CEO, of Ark Continuity Huw Owen, takes us through his inspiration in business and the advice he would offer to anyone wanting to follow in his footsteps

Amit Bhatia, Chairman of Hope Construction Materials, Queens Park Rangers FC Vice-Chairman and founder of Swordfish Investments, has been crowned the Young Entrepreneur of the Year for 2013 at the Asian Business Awards.

We talk to Angelos Koutsoudes about business, inspirations and find out what advice he would give to someone just starting out.

Two brothers who invested all their savings in a website selling Japanese made animal onesies are set to turnover a quarter of a million pounds this year.

Phillip Letts has run a string of high profile web ventures operating across the US and Europe. With such an impressive CV we caught up with Letts to find out if there was anything he’d do differently.

We talk to John Readman about business, inspirations and find out what advice he would give to someone just starting out.

Laban Roomes has been in the centre of a whirlwind of success over the last five years. After founding luxury gold plating company Goldgenie, he has gold plated phones and bespoke items for the likes of David and Victoria Beckham, Elton John and Denzel Washington. Although business is now booming for Laban, he’s the first to admit that it hasn’t always been this way…

We talk to David Ross about business, inspirations and find out what advice he would give to someone just starting out.

We talk to Gary Hibberd about business, inspirations and find out what advice he would give to someone just starting out.

We talk to Rupert Clevely about the huge success the gastro pub chain Geronimo Inns, which he co-founded in 1995, is seeing and find out what his secret is when rivals are calling time every week.

The Director of Smart Currency Business, the corporate arm of Smart Currency Exchange, explains how a rugby captain, like-minded people and small, considered steps have helped him achieve corporate success.

We talk to Tim Morgan about business, inspirations and find out what advice he would give to someone just starting out.

Starting out originally in electronics, Vashi Dominguez began his career at 18 rather humbly – in a small shop in Tenerife. After realising that he would be able to earn more for his hard work on a commission basis, he quit to set up his own shop. One shop would soon become a chain.

The What If? Forum comprises a unique peer group of business leaders and the UK’s premier business development meeting place. We talk to Richard Bosworth about business, inspirations and find out what advice he would give to someone just starting out.

We talk to Julie Pickersgill about business, inspirations and find out what advice she would give to someone just starting out.

Spyro Korsanos is currently the CEO at Mediasyndicator, although he started his career as a corporate and intellectual property lawyer, and then senior management for media companies such as BskyB, Liberty Media and Canwest. Following the completion of his MBA, Korsanos switched career path into media/tech ventures, following which he has taken an executive role at Mediasyndicator, a company he founded.

We talk to founder and Managing Director of Auto Styling Truckman, Mike Wheeler, about why when expanding the business through acquisition it was right to be seen to do the right thing, and why their flat management system is crucial to their way of doing things.

We talk to the Managing Director of digital comunications specialists Beyond Digital and find out why she admires Karren Brady and past Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

We talk to Chris O’Connell about his business TJC, his inspirations and ask him what advice he would give to someone just starting out.