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.
Category: Entrepreneurs
Interviews of some of the UKs leading Entrepreneurs & small business owners
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
Getting to Know You: Neil Hammerton
We speak to Neil Hammerton, CEO of Natterbox, which aims to revolutionise the telecommunications industry with impactful ideas and bespoke Voice Anywhere solutions on what inspires him in business and on what he thinks it takes to drive your company to be the best that it can be.
James Caan: “Britain needs a serious business show on it’s TV screens”
The former Dragon James Caan, who made his money in recruitment before doing four series of the BBC show Dragons’ Den, has been critical of how business is portrayed on out TV screens.
Getting to know you : Richard Green
We speak to Richard Green, of the Compact Media Group on what inspires him in business and on what he thinks it takes to drive your company to be the best that it can be.
Getting to know you: Victoria Brannen
We speak to Victoria Brannen, of Maya Asset Management on what inspires her in business and on the support that she receives to make her the envy of every working mother she meets.
Getting to know you: Sophie Hughes
As part of our initiative to help profile some of the smaller businesses in the UK, every Friday we accept pitches from business owners who want us to Get To Know Them Better via our Twitter account. @BizMattersMag. This week we chose the pitch from Sophie Hughes from online accountants Mazuma.
Getting to know you: Shahena Ali
We speak to Shahena Ali, the founder and managing director of the successful beauty brand The Powder Lounge. Shahena founded the company in 2007 and has quickly established it as a specialist in brow and lash treatments and products, with Brow and Lash Bars located in flagship Topshop, Debenhams and Superdrug stores.