Getting to know you: Tony Pegg CEO of United Kapital
We speak to Tony Pegg, from United Kapital, who provide working capital for SMEs across the UK with an innovative product claimed to be a real alternative to a traditional bank loan by lending against assets like future debit and credit card sales.
Growth of female entrepreneurs stalls
The growth in the number of female entrepreneurs has stalled and their numbers decline the more successful the ventures they set up become, a survey shows.
Getting to know you: Ed Molyneux, founder and CEO of FreeAgent
FreeAgent has pioneered online accounting since the launch of its service in 2007, rapidly growing a loyal community of thousands of freelancers and small business users. We speak to Founder and CEO Ed Molyneux about who inspires him and how they have managed this growth.
'Mrs Sting': not your average WAG, launches film company & food brand
Having lived a real-life fairy tale and married a world-famous rock-and-roll star, many women would be content to sit back and enjoy the ride – not Trudie Styler. This dynamic woman, wife of the celebrity musician “Sting”, has proved herself to be a multi-talented entrepreneur, having just launched a film production company in New York, straight after the successful launch of a range of ready-to-cook meals back in England.
Getting to Know You: Gareth Morgan, MD of Liberty Marketing
Liberty Marketing is Wales’s fastest growing online marketing agency; owned and managed by Gareth Morgan they have achieved 400% growth in the last year, achieved things that makes some companies 10 years in only 3. We caught up with Gareth to see how he's managed such success
Lord Sugar tops list of nightmare coaches in management survey
Lord Sugar has been crowned the UK's nightmare career coach in a poll by the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM), released today to mark the launch of their 'Perform at Your Peak' professional coaching campaign and the start of series seven of The Apprentice.
MAN Everywoman Transport & Logistics award winners announced
The winners in the 2011 MAN everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards have just been announced, celebrating the achievements of those women making a difference in the sector.
The Apprentice 2011 Candidates - The Boys
The 'job interview from hell is back' however, this year the show, which starts next Tuesday (May 10th) on BBC One, is a bit different, as rather than being rewarded with a job working directly for Lord Sugar the winner will run a business and receive a fifty per cent equity investment into a new business of up to £250,000. Here are the male candidates:
The Apprentice 2011 candidates - The Girls
The 'job interview from hell is back' however, this year the show, which starts next Tuesday (May 10th) on BBC One, is a bit different, as rather than being rewarded with a job working directly for Lord Sugar the winner will run a business and receive a fifty per cent equity investment into a new business of up to £250,000. Here are the female candidates:
Getting to Know You: Derrick Watson
We spoke to Derrick Watson, director of financial recruitment specialists Watson Moore. With an impressive track record of placing outstanding Finance Directors into high growth, entrepreneurial companies Watson Moore has experienced exponential growth in recent years, with turnover now hitting £2.5 million.
Getting to know you: Amanda Barlow
We spent some time in Cornwall with Amanda Barlow, the MD of Spiezia Organics and found out who inspires her in business, what motivates her and why she thinks that Cornwall is one of the best places in the UK to base a business.
Deborah Meaden visits people starting businesses using micro-loans
The UK charity CARE took their newly-appointed ambassador, entrepreneur and TV Dragon Deborah Meaden, to see how individuals in Cambodia are using loans provided to them by individuals in the UK through a new micro-lending website.
Getting to know you: Ken Primrose
We caught up with Ken Primrose, head of growing process instrumentation company ITS, which started as an incubator company and now distributes its products and services all around the world.
Getting to know you: Keith Bradley
Keith Bradley is CEO of HSF health plan, which provides health cash plans to hundreds of thousands of people. What makes HSF health plan unique is their corporate social responsibility policy to donate their profits to medical charities. They gave away £350,000 in 2010 and will be giving away £500,000 in 2011.
A millionaire entrepreneur still in his 20's is looking for others to join him
Charlie Walker is a 27-year-old millionaire entrepreneurial Yorkshireman. Just three years ago he set up an international recruitment consultancy in London, now turnover stands at £7 million with £1.6 million profits.
Getting to know you: John Greed
We spoke to John Greed, who started John Greed Jewellery, who has two stores in Lincoln as well as a rapidly growing online aspect to the business about what inspires him, and what advice he would give to others.
Female entrepreneur of the year announced in technology awards
The UK’s leaders in technology came together to recognise and celebrate the industries most inspirational women as everywoman and CWT announced the winners of the inaugural 2011 CWT everywoman in Technology Awards, recognising successes of the UK’s most talented women working in IT.
Katie Price is the UK's top female director
Creditsafe, the business intelligence experts, has revealed that Katie Price AKA Jordan is the most searched female company director in the UK.
Getting to know you: Tatiana Karelina
We caught up with Tatiana Karelina, who started Tatiana Hair Extensions two years ago and plans to expand globally next year to find out how has she done it, on what inspires her, and what advice she would give to others.
Getting to know you: Saf Ali
We caught up with Saf Ali, who set up Key Properties in 2006 as sideline to his glamorous career as a music exec. With recommendation breeding recommendation, Key Properties soon became a full time business and now boasts branches across the North West, impressive market share and an aggressive national expansion programme for 2011