We speak to Richard Green, of the Compact Media Group on what inspires him in business and on what he thinks it takes to drive your company to be the best that it can be.
Category: Entrepreneurs
Interviews of some of the UKs leading Entrepreneurs & small business owners
Getting to know you: Victoria Brannen
We speak to Victoria Brannen, of Maya Asset Management on what inspires her in business and on the support that she receives to make her the envy of every working mother she meets.
Getting to know you: Sophie Hughes
As part of our initiative to help profile some of the smaller businesses in the UK, every Friday we accept pitches from business owners who want us to Get To Know Them Better via our Twitter account. @BizMattersMag. This week we chose the pitch from Sophie Hughes from online accountants Mazuma.
Getting to know you: Shahena Ali
We speak to Shahena Ali, the founder and managing director of the successful beauty brand The Powder Lounge. Shahena founded the company in 2007 and has quickly established it as a specialist in brow and lash treatments and products, with Brow and Lash Bars located in flagship Topshop, Debenhams and Superdrug stores.
Getting to know you: Paul Bates
We spent some time with Paul Bates, who has been in the pest control industry for over 30 years. His pest control career started, following a period as a civil servant, when he joined Rentokill, then in 1996 he joined Cleankill, a small operation started the previous year by two of his Rentokill ex colleagues. Now 15 years on Cleankill employs 22 staff and has a turnover of over £1.5million, so how has he done it?
Hilary Devey confirmed as the new dragon on TV’s Dragons’ Den
Hilary Devey is to join the BBC’s Dragons’ Den, replacing James Caan. She will be joining the remaining dragons Duncan Bannatyne, Theo Paphitis, Peter Jones and Deborah Meaden.
The UK Speechwriters’ Guild ‘Business Communicator of 2011’ is Geoff Burch
The UK Speechwriters’ Guild has awarded the Business Communicator of the Year Award 2011 to the speaker and author Geoff Burch.
New portal to help start-ups launched by entrepreneur of the year
Nick Ogden, current holder of the National Business Awards Entrepreneur of the Year’ and founder of WorldPay and Voice Commerce Group, has now launched business.co.uk, a not-for-profit online portal to encourage UK entrepreneurs to setup and start running their own businesses.
Getting to know you: John Sollars
As part of our initiative to help profile some of the smaller businesses in the UK, every Friday we accept pitches from business owners who want us to Get To Know Them Better via our Twitter account. @BizMattersMag. This week we chose the pitch from John Sollars from ‘stinkyink’
‘I’m out’ says Dragons’ Den James Caan
Three years after he joined Dragons’ Den the recruitment entrepreneur James Caan, has announced that, with regret ‘I’m out.’
Getting to know you: Patrick van der Vorst
We talk to Patrick Van Der Vorst, who after working for Sotherby’s for a number of years, set up valuemystuff.com the online antiques and arts valuations website and who after a trip to Dragons’ Den was able to bring the hammer down on an investment from Theo Paphitis & Deborah Meaden
Getting to know you: Jason Mohr
We caught up with Jason Mohr, who originally qualified as a solicitor and then worked as a corporate financier with NM Rothschild & Co decided to pursue his dream of helping the environment starting AnyJunk in 2004 with just one vehicle. The company now has 31 vehicles, operating out of ten national depots employing 75 staff and turnover of £5 million.
Simon Dolan named Entrepreneur of the Year
Simon Dolan, who was recently dubbed the ‘Twitter Dragon,’ was named UK Entrepreneur of the Year at the recent British Chambers of Commerce Chamber Awards 2010, beating competition from some of Britain’s most inspirational business personalities.
Getting to know you: Fil Adams Mercer
We talk to Fil Adams Mercer, founder of one of the fast growing online parcel delivery firm Parcel2Go. Here he discusses what it is like to head up a business in this new and fast moving sector.
Getting to know you: John Lakey
As part of our new initiative to help profile some of the smaller businesses in the UK, every Friday we accept pitches from business owners who want us to Get To Know Them Better via our Twitter account.
This week John Lakey answers our famous six questions.
