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Category: Profiles
The people behind the headlines: Business Matters profiles the founders, executives and investors shaping UK business – how they built what they built, what they’re worth, and what they’re doing next.
Start with our most-read: Steven Bartlett’s ventures and valuation, and our running coverage of Getting to Know You profiles. For first-person conversations with founders, see our Interviews section.
Getting To Know: Stuntman Riky Ash
Riky Ash is not your usual business owner. We ask a man who crashes cars, jumps out of windows and also runs a motivation company who he admires, what, if he could, he’d do differently and what defines his way of doing business
Getting to Know you: Gary Martin, Founder & MD of Table Art
Gary Martin, Founder & Managing Director of Table Art tells us what inspires him and what advice he would give to anyone wanting to start out in business.
Getting to know you: Nick Reavill, founder of supersimpleshop.com
Nick Reavill, founder of www.supersimpleshop.com tells us what inspires him, what he would do differently and what advice he would give to someone wanting to follow in his footsteps
Getting to Know You: Oliver Morgan
Oliver Morgan, 20 year-old serial entrepreneur and founder of Universal Fuels, an award-winning oil supplier tells us what inspires him and, what if he could, he’d do differently
Minding her own business: Karren Brady
She’s a corporate trendsetter and football business heavyweight, but Karren Brady’s settled position in the comfortable top ranks of the reality TV business was earned through much less glamorous graft.
Getting to Know you: Charlie Bigham
Charlie Bigham, the founder of his eponymous food company tells us what inspires him, and what if he could, he would do differently.
Getting to know you: John Smykala
We chat to John Smykala, the Managing Director of RMD Power and Cooling about what inspires him, and what if he could, he would do differently.
Has Lord Sugar’s Apprentice got it nailed?
For the thousands of business hopefuls who, each year, apply to take part in BBC1’s The Apprentice, Tom Pellereau is currently living the dream. Shaun Curran spent time with last years winner to find out what happens when the cameras stop rolling.
Getting to know you: Mary Say, MD of Brand Potential
Mary Say, MD of Brand Potential tells us what keeps her motivated and why it is essential to follow your inner Sat Nav to succeed
How Levi Roots turned £20 and a song into a £30m brand
Levi Roots walked into Dragons’ Den with £20 and a guitar. His Reggae Reggae Sauce is now a £30m brand. Lessons for UK entrepreneurs and SMEs insi
Getting to know: Lalit Choudary, Managing Director of Infinity Cars Private
We caught up with Lalit Choudary, Managing Director of Infinity Cars Private Limited, Exclusive dealers of Aston Martin in India to ask what keeps him motivated, what his ambitions are and what advice would he give to those wishing to follow in his footsteps.
Getting To Know You: Dion Taylor, CEO of the Snow & Rock Group
Dion Taylor, CEO of the Snow+Rock Group tells us what keeps him motivated, his ambitions and why those looking to follow in his footsteps should look to do things once and do them right.
Getting To Know You: Rajesh Agrawal; Founder & CEO of RationalFX
We caught up with Rajesh Agrawal, who is the Founder and CEO of RationalFX, to ask what keeps him motivated, what his ambitions are and what advice would he give to those wishing to follow in his footsteps
Getting To Know You: Colin Liversedge, Founder & MD of vrSoftware
We caught up with Colin Liversedge, founder and CEO of the visual planning tool authors vrSoftware, 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.
















