James Caan CBE is one of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs. He made his fortune through the global success of his Recruitment companies, Alexander Mann and Humana International, before founding private equity firm Hamilton Bradshaw in 2004. He is best known for joining the panel of the hit BBC show Dragons’ Den, and more recently, The Business Class on CNBC. A passionate supporter of small businesses, James chairs the Government’s Start Up Loans scheme, which provides funding and mentoring to budding entrepreneurs.
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Are you ready to start your own recruitment company…? Serial Entrepreneur James Caan Announces the Launch of his Third Search for the Next Recruitment Entrepreneur.
As a passionate supporter of entrepreneurship, particularly in the form of those small businesses that are the heartbeat of our economy, I am always on the…