Interviews of some of the UKs leading Entrepreneurs & small business owners
The ‘job interview from hell is back’ however, this year the show, which starts next Tuesday (May 10th) on BBC One, is a bit different, as rather than being rewarded with a job working directly for Lord Sugar the winner will run a business and receive a fifty per cent equity investment into a new business of up to £250,000. Here are the female candidates:
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.
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.
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.
Creditsafe, the business intelligence experts, has revealed that Katie Price AKA Jordan is the most searched female company director in the UK.
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.
Hilary Devey is to join the BBC’s Dragons’ Den, replacing James Caan. She will be joining the remaining dragons Duncan Bannatyne, Theo Paphitis, Peter Jones and Deborah Meaden.
The UK Speechwriters’ Guild has awarded the Business Communicator of the Year Award 2011 to the speaker and author Geoff Burch.
Nick Ogden, current holder of the National Business Awards Entrepreneur of the Year’ and founder of WorldPay and Voice Commerce Group, has now launched business.co.uk, a not-for-profit online portal to encourage UK entrepreneurs to setup and start running their own businesses.
Three years after he joined Dragons’ Den the recruitment entrepreneur James Caan, has announced that, with regret ‘I’m out.’
Simon Dolan, who was recently dubbed the ‘Twitter Dragon,’ was named UK Entrepreneur of the Year at the recent British Chambers of Commerce Chamber Awards 2010, beating competition from some of Britain’s most inspirational business personalities.
A young entrepreneur who was inspired by his ill grandfather to create something that would help keep dementia patients mentally active has become the winner of Britain’s biggest business competition.
Veuve Clicquot opens it’s Business Woman of the Year Award to find the next Anita Roddick or Martha Lane-Fox.
Harry Potter author JK Rowling and The Apprentice’s Lord Sugar have been voted as the most inspirational celebrities to encourage Britons to become their own boss.
The fashion etailer, A Suit That Fits has been awarded ‘Smaller Etailer of the Year’ at the Drapers
Awards 2010. As the Oscars of the fashion industry the winners of the 20th Anniversary
Drapers Awards were announced last night at Grosvenor House, London.
