We talk to Mark Mason, the CEO of one of the leading smartphone app developers in the UK Mubaloo. Here he discusses what it is like to head up a business in this new and fast moving sector.
Category: Entrepreneurs
Interviews of some of the UKs leading Entrepreneurs & small business owners
Getting to Know You: John Griffin
We talk to Secret Millionaire, John Griffin, who has built Addison Lee from a single vehicle into Europe’s largest taxi fleet. Here he discusses his unique recipe for success
Getting to know you: Patrick Averies
We caught up with Patrick Averies, who heads up one of the UK’s leading pawnbroking companies, which is leading the charge in the change of the much maligned and frowned upon sector and in turn seeing a huge increase in business as banks are lending less.
Everything fits into place for dementia jigsaw inventor
A young entrepreneur who was inspired by his ill grandfather to create something that would help keep dementia patients mentally active has become the winner of Britain’s biggest business competition.
Veuve Clicquot begins annual search for top business women
Veuve Clicquot opens it’s Business Woman of the Year Award to find the next Anita Roddick or Martha Lane-Fox.
Lord Sugar & J.K.Rowling inspire Britain’s new wave of business owners
Harry Potter author JK Rowling and The Apprentice’s Lord Sugar have been voted as the most inspirational celebrities to encourage Britons to become their own boss.
A Suit That Fits.com chalks up top honour at Drapers Record awards
The fashion etailer, A Suit That Fits has been awarded ‘Smaller Etailer of the Year’ at the Drapers
Awards 2010. As the Oscars of the fashion industry the winners of the 20th Anniversary
Drapers Awards were announced last night at Grosvenor House, London.
Karen Darby leaves social enterprise she founded after less than a year
Self-made millionaire businesswoman Karen Darby is no longer involved in Call Britannia, the social enterprise she founded after an acrimonious battle for the business with her board and social investors.
Entrepreneurs tell Lord Sugar ‘you’re fired’ & The Apprentice is not for them
New research by a leading UK-based accounting software company has revealed that well over three quarters of business owners wouldn’t accept a job with Lord Sugar for a salary of £100k.
Getting to Know You: Chris O’Connor
We caught up with Chris O’Connor, who has taken his company to be one of the largest independent hospitality agents in the UK, 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.
25 year old crowned Shell LiveWire young entrepreneur of the year
Jessica Grosvenor won the award, which recognises and celebrates the achievements of the UK’s finest young entrepreneurs, in recognition of the success of her business, Freelance Training & Consultancy, which provides bespoke training to college students, teachers and nurses.
Finalists for the Orange Leader of the Year announced
Vote for the best of the best in British business – the National Business Awards in partnership with Orange has announced the finalists of the Orange Leader of the Year award and thrown open the category to an online vote.
Who is currently the highest paid director of a British company?
We ran a competition within our followers earlier on Twitter and using our Facebook group, to see who they thought was the the highest paid company director of a UK company was. The answer was far from obvious
Getting to Know You: Ken Hom
We caught up with famous chef and entrepreneur Ken Hom, to ask what keeps him motivated, how he juggles his various commitments, what are his ambitions and what real-world advice would he give to those wishing to follow in his footsteps.
Global entrepreneur aims to build smallest multinational in 12 Days
Sebastien Eckersley-Maslin is embarking on a highly unusual challenge. He is setting out on a whirlwind 12-day world tour of Tokyo, Paris, London, New York and San Francisco to try to make his one-man entity Sebastien International the Smallest Multinational in the World.
