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The Tide everywoman Entrepreneur Awards, in association with BGF, have revealed a powerhouse lineup of female founders shortlisted for the UK’s leading awards celebrating women in business.

Finalists announced for 2025 Tide everywoman Entrepreneur Awards

27 October 2025 Entrepreneurs, In Business Amy Ingham 0 Comments

The Tide everywoman Entrepreneur Awards have announced their 2025 finalists, celebrating the UK’s most innovative and inspiring female founders and underlining the vital contribution women make to the economy.

In online spaces overflowing with formulaic copywriting, posting for the sake of posting, and polished strategy — the perfect Instagram feeds — audiences have grown weary of perfection.

Real storytelling as a business strategy: Marco Robinson on crafting your company’s hero story

17 October 202521 October 2025 Entrepreneurs Amy Ingham 0 Comments

In online spaces overflowing with formulaic copywriting, posting for the sake of posting, and polished strategy — the perfect Instagram feeds — audiences have grown weary of perfection.

Pete Mills, founder and chief executive of Crysp Ltd, has been named a ‘One to Watch’ in the prestigious LDC Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders 2025, following a year of exceptional growth and innovation for the Bradford-based technology firm.

Crysp founder named ‘One to Watch’ in LDC Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders

10 October 202510 October 2025 Entrepreneurs Jamie Young 0 Comments

Bradford entrepreneur Pete Mills, founder of safety tech firm Crysp, has been named a ‘One to Watch’ in LDC’s Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders, recognising the company’s rapid growth and expanding international footprint.

A healthy energy drink brand that secured investment on the BBC’s Dragons’ Den just two years ago has become the show’s most lucrative success story, reaching a valuation of £140 million.

PerfectTed’s £140m success: Dragons’ Den’s biggest-ever payday

9 October 20258 October 2025 Entrepreneurs Jamie Young 0 Comments

Matcha brand PerfectTed has become the most successful Dragons’ Den investment to date, reaching a £140m valuation just two years after Steven Bartlett and Peter Jones backed the founders with a £50,000 investment.

Nik Storonsky, the billionaire co-founder and chief executive of Revolut, has moved his official residency from the UK to the United Arab Emirates, according to filings made to Companies House.

Revolut co-founder Nik Storonsky shifts residency from UK to Dubai

8 October 2025 Entrepreneurs, News Amy Ingham 0 Comments

Revolut co-founder Nik Storonsky has moved his residency from the UK to Dubai, according to Companies House filings. The billionaire CEO’s shift comes weeks after pledging a £3bn UK investment and opening Revolut’s new London HQ.

Piers Morgan’s production company has reported turnover of £17.1 million in 2024, as the broadcaster concluded his lucrative three-year deal with Rupert Murdoch’s News UK and began taking Piers Morgan Uncensored global.

Piers Morgan’s production company hits £17.1m turnover as TalkTV deal ends

6 October 2025 Entrepreneurs, News Paul Jones 0 Comments

Piers Morgan’s Wake Up Productions reported £17.1m turnover in 2024, completing his £50m News UK deal as Piers Morgan Uncensored expands globally after going digital-only.

Jamie Oliver and his wife, Jools, have paid themselves £2.5 million in dividends for the second consecutive year, even as pre-tax profits at their core business fell by more than 30%.

Jamie Oliver and wife take £2.5m dividend despite profits slump at chef’s restaurant and media empire

4 October 2025 Entrepreneurs Jamie Young 0 Comments

Jamie Oliver and his wife Jools paid themselves £2.5m in dividends as pre-tax profits at their restaurant and media business fell to £2.4m, despite a 6% rise in sales and a surge in restaurant income following new openings.

A 31-year-old cryptocurrency entrepreneur has stunned the tech world by raising more than £750m ($1.1bn) to build Britain’s biggest artificial intelligence data centre — despite his company never having completed one before.

Crypto entrepreneur raises £750m for Britain’s biggest AI data centre

25 September 2025 Entrepreneurs Paul Jones 0 Comments

Crypto entrepreneur Josh Payne’s start-up Nscale secures £750m from Nvidia, Nokia and Aker to build the UK’s biggest AI data centre despite no track record.

Former Apprentice finalist Susie Ma has taken a £20m dividend from Tropic Skincare after profits rose 30% to £8.7m in 2024, following her buyout of Lord Sugar’s stake.

Susie Ma secures £20m payout as Tropic Skincare profits jump 30% after Lord Sugar exit

17 September 2025 Entrepreneurs, News Jamie Young 0 Comments

Former Apprentice finalist Susie Ma has taken a £20m dividend from Tropic Skincare after profits rose 30% to £8.7m in 2024, following her buyout of Lord Sugar’s stake.

When Gyve Safavi and Mark Rushmore first met on a speedboat in the south of France — with advertising tycoon Sir Martin Sorrell also on board — few could have predicted that the chance encounter would spark a £24 million sustainable toothbrush business.

Suri founders banish toothbrush “gunk” with sustainable design and build £24m brand

16 September 2025 Profiles Paul Jones 0 Comments

Co-founders Gyve Safavi and Mark Rushmore created Suri, the eco-friendly electric toothbrush loved by Jony Ive and the Kardashians, growing sales to £24m by tackling plastic waste and everyday design flaws.

Helena Morrissey is one of the City’s most recognisable figures. Appointed chief executive of Newton Investment Management at 35, she more than doubled assets under management over the following 15 years.

‘Leap before you look’: Baroness Morrissey on markets, leadership and free speech

15 September 2025 Profiles Paul Jones 0 Comments

Dame Helena Morrissey—former Newton Investment Management CEO and founder of the 30% Club—talks bond markets, central bank independence, London’s competitiveness, DEI, free speech and why leaders should “leap before you look”.

Sir Nick Clegg has never been short of vantage points from which to view power. After five years as Deputy Prime Minister in the coalition government, he spent almost seven at the heart of Big Tech as Meta’s president of global affairs.

Nick Clegg urges Britain to rediscover optimism and tells Silicon Valley to drop the self pity

10 September 2025 Entrepreneurs Paul Jones 0 Comments

Nick Clegg on Britain’s risk‑aversion, Silicon Valley’s self‑pity, AI rivalry with China, free speech and leadership — in conversation with Wilfred Frost.

Lord Alan Sugar has become the latest high-profile business leader to attack remote working, insisting that young people “just want to sit at home” and need to get their “bums back into the office.”

Lord Sugar: young people need to get their ‘bums back into the office’

9 September 2025 Entrepreneurs, Opinion Paul Jones 0 Comments

Lord Alan Sugar has criticised hybrid and remote working, arguing that young people miss out on vital learning from colleagues and apprenticeships by staying at home.

Britain is “at the edge of a crisis” and Labour must “change tack” to revive the faltering economy, according to one of the country’s most respected business leaders.

Starmer and Reeves have taken Britain to ‘the edge of a crisis’, warns ex-M&S boss Stuart Rose

9 September 2025 Entrepreneurs, Opinion Paul Jones 0 Comments

Lord Stuart Rose says the Labour government has brought Britain to the brink of crisis with tax hikes and stalled growth, as Ineos halts UK investment and pressure mounts on Rachel Reeves before the autumn Budget.

From selling denim on market stalls to advising the Gandhi dynasty on political campaigns, Bob Sheard’s path to becoming one of Britain’s most influential brand strategists has been anything but typical.

Getting to Know You: Bob Sheard, founder and co-owner of FreshBritain

2 September 2025 Profiles Jamie Young 0 Comments

Bob Sheard, founder of FreshBritain, shares how schoolyard status, brand storytelling, and polar expeditions shaped a bold vision for design, leadership, and net-zero futures.

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Britain's entrepreneurs have taken centre stage in the King's Birthday Honours List 2026, published on Friday evening, with damehoods, knighthoods and a sweep of CBEs, OBEs and MBEs recognising the founders, family firms and FTSE bosses who keep the UK economy moving.

From the Bank of Dave to the boardroom of Citi: business builders honoured in King’s birthday honours 2026

From Bank of Dave founder David Fishwick to Citigroup chief Jane Fraser, we round up the entrepreneurs and business leaders recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours 2026.

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“We are coming for you”: HMRC declares war on dodgy high street shops with 30,000 raids planned

Small firms to pitch direct to Indian buyers as Great British Pitch returns with Downing Street backing

SpaceX shares rocket past listing price in historic stock market debut

Scott Pelley fired from 60 Minutes: the next domino in the fall of American journalism

Frasers Group launches £1.7bn bid to take full control of Hugo Boss

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