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.
Category: Entrepreneurs
Interviews of some of the UKs leading Entrepreneurs & small business owners
Lord Sugar joins Twitter
Lord Sugar, has joined Duncan Bannatyne, Peter Jones and many other famous business leaders on the social networking site Twitter.
Getting to know you: Michael Phillips
We talk to Internet entrepreneur Michael Phillips, founder of consumerchoices.co.uk, a leading provider of comparison sites and services, to ask what keeps him motivated, what are his ambitions and what real-world advice would he give to those wishing to follow in his footsteps.
From the catwalk to the boardroom – Caprice
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.
Getting to know you: Alison Wetton
We speak to Alison Wetton, the CEO of All About Weight, about what inspires her, who is her inspiration in business and what motivates her every day.
Getting to know you: Paul Fisher, the ‘undercover boss’ of Jockey Club Racecourses
We speak to Paul Fisher, the COO of Jockey Club Racecourses, who recently went ‘back to the floor’ within the organisation for Channel 4’s ‘Undercover Boss’ reality series about what inspires him and how he found the experience at working at the lower levels of the organisation.
Getting to know you: Simon Waugh
Simon Waugh, Executive Chair of the National Apprenticeship Service talks to us about the service, its philosophy, and what inspires him to get out of bed in the morning.
Getting to know you: Tony Banks
Tony Banks, Founder, Chairman & MD of the Balhousie Group tells us about his business philosophy, and what inspires him to get out of bed in the morning.
Getting to Know You: Jamie Waller, Managing Director of JBW Group
We talk to TV personality and owner of JBW Group, Jamie Waller, about his business philosophy, and what inspires him to get out of bed in the morning.
Jasper Carrot set to hit millionaire jackpot again
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.
The future’s orange and green (and very clean)
How a man with a plan and a campervan revolutionised Britain’s damp proofing industry, John Stacey finds out.
Jamie Oliver: Family & friends helped when banks said no
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.
CBI chief Richard Lambert to step down next year
The director general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Richard Lambert, has announced he is standing down.
Akabusi helps business reach gold standard
Motivational speaker Kriss Akabusi inspired a new generation of business leaders who have started to meet in central London to take their future into their own hands and ride the recession together.
Getting to know you: Paul Morris
We talk to Paul Morris, the managing director of Addmaster, the founder of the company which develops additives for plastic industries, about what motivates and inspires him in business and the advice he would give to someone just starting out.
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