Cambridge Satchel Company’s founder Julie Deane has left the business after its recent sale to a French group, a deal designed to ensure that its factory in Leicester is protected.
Category: Entrepreneurs
Interviews of some of the UKs leading Entrepreneurs & small business owners
Secrets of Success: Ali Hamriti, CEO and co-founder of Rollee
As self employed statuses soar, Rollee makes financial checking cohesive and easier for everyone involved
Secrets of Success: Aaron Solomon, CEO and Co-Founder of Ambl
Ambl has been created to combat the current loss in revenue and footfall within the hospitality sector. Find out how here
Getting to Know You: UMi Chief Executive, Nicki Clark OBE
We talk to Nicki Clark OBE about the inspiration behind employee-owned business UMi
Secrets of Success: Gren Paull, CEO of Intelligent Lilli
Learn the Secrets of Success behind Intelligent Lilli – a SaaS company driven by a desire to help people live independently in their homes for longer.
Secrets of Success: Richard Osborne, CEO and founder Business Data Group
With technology to help their clients acquire warm leads before their customers’ newly formed businesses enter the public domain, Business Data Group makes selling services easier.
Secrets of Success: Ben Ridgway & Jamie Cooke, co-founders of iamproperty Group
Pioneers of Modern Method Auction in the UK, these founders continue to innovate. Be inspired and find out how …
Secrets of Success: William Cowell de Gruchy, CEO and Founder, Infogrid
Making it easy for their customers to effect change is key at Infogrid
Secrets of success: Rob Straathof, CEO of Liberis
Challenging the status quo has seen Liberis rise to new heights.
Euan Blair receives an MBE after his company finds over 5,000 apprentices jobs
Euan Blair, 38, the founder and chief executive of the apprentice company Multiverse, which matches young people with apprenticeship routes into work, is awarded an MBE for services to education.
Getting To Know You: Bob Hair, Scottish lead, Cazenove Capital
Bob Hair, who leads UK-based wealth manager Cazenove Capital’s activity in Scotland tells Business Matters what defines his way of doing business.
Secrets of Success: Sanjay Wadhwani, founder and CEO of MetaFrames
Protecting IP for content shared on the blockchain is possible via Metaframes. Sanjay Wadhwani shares his story …
Marshmallow Insurance twins top newcomers in Sunday Times rich list sharing £455m fortune
With a £2.06 billion fortune, Johnny Boufarhat is the wealthiest person in the Young Rich List, of people in the UK aged 30 and under.
From dream to reality: Cotswold couple realise dream with thriving Italian food business
A Cotswold-based authentic Italian food business set up by a couple who initially dreamed of sharing the classic flavours of Italy with the local community is showing no signs of stopping — having expanded its operation to two professional kitchens in just four years, alongside its first restaurant opening next month.
Secrets of Success: Ralph Rogge, CEO of Open-Banking Startup Crezco
Founded in 2020 by Ralph Rogge and Igor Pikovsky, after they sold their $60bn bond fund to Allianz in 2016, we go behind the scenes with Crezco …
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