We talk to Chris Bayne, who recently became the CEO of Access UK after a £50M management buyout, and we find who he admires and what inspires him in business.
Category: Entrepreneurs
Interviews of some of the UKs leading Entrepreneurs & small business owners
Getting to know you: John Blasco
We talk to John Blasco, who is the MD of Hotelcare Ltd, the UK’s leading hotel support services company, and we find who he admires and what inspires him in business.
Getting to know you: Dr Anton Franckeiss
We talk to Dr Anton Franckeiss’, who is the Managing Director at leading global behavioural consultancy ASK Europe, and we find who he admires and what inspires him in business.
Getting to Know You – Alastair Crawford founder & CEO of 192.com
We talk to Alastair Crawford, the founder and CEO of 192.com, and find out what motivates and inspired him to create the directory and what advice he’d like to pass on.
79 not out: Lord Young continues to mentor British business & enterprise
The man who was dropped by Cameron as the Government’s Enterprise Advisor last year, after making inappropriate remarks to the press, continues to be a substantial shareholder and chairman of KashFlow, one of the UKs leading cloud accounting package for SMEs.
Getting to Know You – David Maeer
Marston & Langinger is the leading British luxury designer and manufacturer of garden rooms. We talk to MD David Maeer about how they have gone about their growth and what inspires him.
Getting to know you: Stephen Alexander, MD First Internet
We caught up with Stephen Alexander, who set up Manchester based new media agency First Internet in 1998, when the web was in its infancy. Remaining at the forefront of the industry, First Internet’s services span everything from programming and web design to SEO and social media.
Getting to know you: Gary Summers, MD Alumet
We get to know Gary Summers, the managing director of Alumet, and find out what motivates and inspires him and what advice he’d like to pass on.
Getting to know you: Tony Pegg CEO of United Kapital
We speak to Tony Pegg, from United Kapital, who provide working capital for SMEs across the UK with an innovative product claimed to be a real alternative to a traditional bank loan by lending against assets like future debit and credit card sales.
Growth of female entrepreneurs stalls
The growth in the number of female entrepreneurs has stalled and their numbers decline the more successful the ventures they set up become, a survey shows.
Getting to know you: Ed Molyneux, founder and CEO of FreeAgent
FreeAgent has pioneered online accounting since the launch of its service in 2007, rapidly growing a loyal community of thousands of freelancers and small business users. We speak to Founder and CEO Ed Molyneux about who inspires him and how they have managed this growth.
‘Mrs Sting’: not your average WAG, launches film company & food brand
Having lived a real-life fairy tale and married a world-famous rock-and-roll star, many women would be content to sit back and enjoy the ride – not Trudie Styler. This dynamic woman, wife of the celebrity musician “Sting”, has proved herself to be a multi-talented entrepreneur, having just launched a film production company in New York, straight after the successful launch of a range of ready-to-cook meals back in England.
Getting to Know You: Gareth Morgan, MD of Liberty Marketing
Liberty Marketing is Wales’s fastest growing online marketing agency; owned and managed by Gareth Morgan they have achieved 400% growth in the last year, achieved things that makes some companies 10 years in only 3. We caught up with Gareth to see how he’s managed such success
Lord Sugar tops list of nightmare coaches in management survey
Lord Sugar has been crowned the UK’s nightmare career coach in a poll by the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM), released today to mark the launch of their ‘Perform at Your Peak’ professional coaching campaign and the start of series seven of The Apprentice.
MAN Everywoman Transport & Logistics award winners announced
The winners in the 2011 MAN everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards have just been announced, celebrating the achievements of those women making a difference in the sector.