Category: In Business

It’s plain sailing for a young entrepreneur who is hoping to persuade the Royal Navy to allow him to transform the Ark Royal into £3m of charity cash.

Female entrepreneurs could give a much needed boost to the UK economy, a survey published today has found, but no where near as many as their American nieces.

An impressive increase in turnover to more than £1-million, a massive increase in sales, the opening up of new markets and a rise in net profit – it’s every start-up company’s dream, and one which James Caan helped realise for a determined couple.

We spoke to four of the UKs leading entrepreneurs and business leaders to get their reaction from George Osborne’s first full budget. Do they feel it is budget for business and sustainable growth or did he not go far enough?

The brains behind business website smarta.com are inviting small businesses and entrepreneurs the chance to make a unique contribution to this year’s Red Nose Day… by auctioning themselves off to the highest bidder!

Rising coverage of entrepreneurs on television is helping to persuade more people to consider a career as their own boss, new research published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) shows.

Barclays has announced that it has launched its ‘Take One Small Step’ competition for 2011 which aims to find Britain’s best business ideas and reward them with a total £450,000 cash injection.

New online research from a monthly SME survey reveals that 98% of senior decision makers in small to medium business enterprises believe face to face to be one of the most acceptable ways to inform an employee that they are losing their job.

The annual Mumpreneur Idol competition, which awards the best of the UK’s female entrepreneurs who are juggling raising a family with starting and running their own business, has reduced it’s 200 entries down to a short list.

Employers should be allowed to ask potential women employees about their plans for children, Lord Sugar said today.