We chat with Rose Lewis from Pembridge Partners about what inspires her, what you should be doing to boost your business and on cutting out business gobbledygook
Category: Entrepreneurs
Interviews of some of the UKs leading Entrepreneurs & small business owners
Colin Maud named as Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year
Colin Maund, CEO of The Achilles Group was awarded with Ernst & Young’s UK Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2009 for IT Services, at a reception sponsored by the CBI, in London last week.
Bannatyne & Dewberry join Business Matters
We are very proud to be able to announce that Duncan Bannatyne & Michelle Dewberry are joining the Business Matters team as monthly Columnists.
Profile: Scott Hider
We chat to Scott Hider, the successful head of Nationwide Media Group, who spends the weekend as an MC & DJ at local clubs. A difficult balancing act? Well one that Scott balances well as his exhibitions are breaking all records.
Starting young: 23 year old named young entrepreneur of the year
Graduate Rajeeb Dey was named as the winner of the O2 X Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the prestigious annual national small business competition, the O2 X Awards last night. The award recognises the new generation of young entrepreneurs who are making an impact in today’s challenging economic climate.
Life outside the Den: Peter Jones
We chat to one of the UK’s most famous angel investors, and part of the famous Dragons’ Den quintet, Peter Jones about his business activities, his tips for success and what mistakes he has made along the way.
Charlie Fermors’ business with bite
With the recession still looming in the background it is tougher than ever for graduates to secure employment with an estimated one third of recent graduates out of work. However, for this twenty two year old, Charlie Fermor student life is now a distant memory as he takes his company Apple Crisps to new heights just one year after graduating from Reading University.
Profile: Darren Leppard – Hard work & passion a realistic inspiration
When it comes to thinking about careers and jobs, the pressure for students and graduates these days is immense. It is hard to imagine how you can achieve success without further education, and even though there are so many role models on TV of famous celebrities that have made an achievement in life without education, it is difficult to know how they got there and whether they just got lucky!
Profile: Karren Brady
We talk to Karren Brady, who is set to take over from Margaret Mountford as Lord Sugar’s eyes and ears on The Apprentice. Karren became managing director of Birmingham City football club at the age of 23; the only woman to hold this position in the premiership and the youngest director of a UK plc. Now 38, she is married to retired footballer Paul Peschisolido and lives in Birmingham with her two children – Sophia, 12, and Paolo, nine. Once the takeover is complete of Birmingham City FC it is widely predicted that she will blow full-time on her career as the first lady of football.
Birmingham City FC’s Karren Brady joins Lord Sugar on The Apprentice
Karren Brady, the flamboyant chief executive of Birmingham City FC, is to become one of Lord Sugar’s “eyes and ears” on The Apprentice along stalwart Nick Hewer.
Profile: Michelle Dewberry
Hannah Prevett talks to Apprentice winner Michelle Dewberry about life post-Apprentice and founding lifestyle portal, Chiconomise
No Place like home – Profile: Sophie Conran
She’s a cook, writer and designer… no surprises which dynasty she belongs to then. Here, Sophie Conran talks to Barbara Walshe and reveals why home life continues to be central to her success.
Getting to know you: Nat Hardwick
I’m Managing Director of SFEDI Enterprises Ltd. We’re the enterprise arm of SFEDI, the Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative. SFEDI are the UK national standards setting body for business enterprise and also carry out research into the needs and issues of small business. Originally government funded we’re now an independent organisation run by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. In terms of how we work together, SFEDI does the thinking, we do the doing!
Profile: Simon Woodroffe
Paul Jones chats to Simon Woodroffe about why he decided to start Yo! Sushi, his brush with the law, why having money makes him happy and what his investment plans are for the future in these difficult times.
How naivety may have helped one couple set up their business
We talk to Henry Braham and Glynis Murray who work in the film industry – but launched Good Oil in 2004 after stumbling across hemp seed oil’s nutty taste and nutritional benefits. Today, the company has a turnover of £1m
