Category: Interviews

Self-made millionaire businesswoman Karen Darby is no longer involved in Call Britannia, the social enterprise she founded after an acrimonious battle for the business with her board and social investors.

New research by a leading UK-based accounting software company has revealed that well over three quarters of business owners wouldn’t accept a job with Lord Sugar for a salary of £100k.

Jessica Grosvenor won the award, which recognises and celebrates the achievements of the UK’s finest young entrepreneurs, in recognition of the success of her business, Freelance Training & Consultancy, which provides bespoke training to college students, teachers and nurses.

Vote for the best of the best in British business – the National Business Awards in partnership with Orange has announced the finalists of the Orange Leader of the Year award and thrown open the category to an online vote.

Sebastien Eckersley-Maslin is embarking on a highly unusual challenge. He is setting out on a whirlwind 12-day world tour of Tokyo, Paris, London, New York and San Francisco to try to make his one-man entity Sebastien International the Smallest Multinational in the World.

The Cambridge graduate, Warren Bennett, has beaten off stiff competition from across the UK to be crowned ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ in the Nectar Business Small Business Awards judged by the entrepreneur and TV Dragon, James Caan.

Here is a rundown of the eight male contenders looking to prove themselves to Lord Sugar, and under the ever watchful eye of retired PR-guru Nick Hewer . The eight are all hoping to join Tim Campbell, Simon Ambrose and Lee McQueen as the previous male winners of the BBC1 business reality show coming back to our screens on October 6th. With some of them saying things like: “I was a sniper in the Royal Marines and I take that killer instinct across into business.” and “In business there’s no place for shirkers and no place for passengers. I insist that people who work for me deliver.” We can foresee a lot of butting of antlers over the sixteen week run!

Here is a rundown of the eight female contenders looking to prove themselves to Lord Sugar, under the ever watchful eye of successful female business woman Karren Brady. The eight are all hoping to join Michelle Dewberry and Yasmina Siadatan as the previous female winners of the BBC1 business reality show, back to our screens on October 6th. With some of them saying things like: I’m a hyper-achiever. Everything I do is always a success.” and “If you get in my way, I’ll mow you down.” We think series 6 could well see some sparks flying!

Willie Walsh, the CEO of British Airways, was been announced as the new, and 44th, President of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) following his election at the membership organisations’ AGM.

Lord Sugar, has joined Duncan Bannatyne, Peter Jones and many other famous business leaders on the social networking site Twitter.

It isn’t often that we interview an entrepreneur so globally famous that they are known by just their first name, but Caprice talks to Paul Jones about what it is really like moving from the catwalk to the boardroom and why she makes every single decision herself in her business.

Jasper Carrott is set to land a second multi-million-pound windfall from his angel investment in the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? quiz show, following a landmark US legal case.

How a man with a plan and a campervan revolutionised Britain’s damp proofing industry, John Stacey finds out.

He may be the cheeky Essex-boy chef turned entrepreneur estimated to be worth a cool £65million, but Jamie Oliver has now told how even he has become a victim of the credit crunch last year.

The director general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Richard Lambert, has announced he is standing down.