Category: Profiles

VAT IT, with 36 offices over the world, is the company responsible for Coca-Cola, Ericson and Volvo’s tax recovery around the globe. It is dedicated to saving SMEs and big corporates billions in unclaimed VAT.

Digby Vollrath, tells Business Matters what inspired him to co-found Feast It, which champions the nation’s best food & drink suppliers; offering a better way to cater both corporate and social events.

I have worked in IT for 20 years of my life. I was the fifth hire at a US startup and the company grew into a global hosting company. I relocated to London and built the company’s European presence and ran the entire operation.

Business Matters spoke to Anna Emmett, Founder & Director, of the 10 year old jewellery brand Henryka about what inspired her to form the company and what advice she would give to someone looking to follow in her footsteps

Business Matters caught up with Ross Peet the managing partner from ideas agency Yes&Pepper to find out what was the inspiration behind the business and why it is essential to enjoy what you do on a day to day basis.

Jane Lucy, CEO & Founder of The Labrador tells us about David versus Goliath type ambition to disrupt the UK energy market allowing automatic switching to the lowest cost provider without the need to lift a finger.

Jared Jesner, CEO & Founder, WeSwap speaks to Business Matters about why he wished he’d spent more money on building a beautiful product before beginning an aggressive marketing campaign and his admiration for Jack Ma founder of Alibaba.

Business Matters talks to co-founder of Supplycompass Gus Bartholomew about his disruptive company and get some of controversial suggestions to others looking to start out in business.

Serial entrepreneur Kevin Brown’s talks to Business Matters about his latest venture, GigRev, which launched its Seedrs campaign this week to raise a further £250k, on top of the £1.45m already raised, about who he admires and what advice he would give to anyone else starting out.

Business Matters talks to co-founder and CEO of Open Energy Market Chris Maclean about his disruptive company and get some of controversial suggestions to others looking to start out in business.

Stephan Pavlou, co-inventor of MastaPlasta tells Business Matters what inspired him to create the first self-adhesive “Band-Aid” for leather furniture and who inspires him in business.

Ollie Purdue, founder & CEO of Digital Current Account provider Loot talks to Business Matters about his disruptive business and what he would do differently if he could.

Vernon Hill, the founder and Chairman of Metro bank talks to Business Matters about what inspires him and why he wants to create fans of his bank not customers.

Eric S. Yuan, one of the 52 Most Powerful People in Enterprise Tech tells Business Matters who inspires him in business and what advice he would give to anyone just staring out.