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Independent schools

Have private schools been given six of the best by the recession? EN examines the real bottom line.

Crown Jules

What can you get for the entrepreneur, investor and online TV sensation who has everything? Her own country, of course! Elizabeth Donevan catches up with Dragons’ Den star Julie Meyer and hears about a land where entrepreneurs can roam free.

Keystroke cops

These days the data held on your computers could be worth more than the hardware itself. So what can you do to make it more secure?

Pigs in lipstick?

Examples of impressive business sales were thin on the ground in 2009 but this year could see that change – if sellers get their presentation right.

Ad its chips?

During the recession marketing budgets have migrated onto the internet at a rate of knots. What has the impact been? EN investigates.

Barring a miracle

The economy might still be limping along but at least gold traders are making a mint. EN discovers how the inflation of a bubble is spawning a glut of new businesses.

Greetings cards

Does making cards for grandparents’ day and budgies’ funerals provide many happy returns? Elizabeth Donevan examines the real bottom line...

Out and about

How can you get the best deal when outsourcing business processes and functions, and what effect has the recession had on the market? EN investigates.

No big deal?

2009 might not have been a stellar year for deals, but a number of North West firms pulled off transactions that made us stand up and take notice. EN looks back on some of the best.

Cards on the table

We have been hearing that venture capital is about to return to the market ever since the credit crunch began. The time has come for it to show us what it’s made of.

Voices of reason

What does 2010 hold for business, and who is best to lead us there? EN asks some of the region's top entrepreneurs what they think.

Casinos

Surely dishing out chips to high rollers is a licence to print money? Don’t bet on it. Elizabeth Donevan uncovers the real bottom line.

A man’s world?

Apparently the region’s PR scene isn’t dominated by air-kissing bimbettes, and is in fact packed with proper professional business advisors who deserve boardroom attention. EN investigates a sector that just wants to be taken seriously.

You’re nicked!

Imitating someone else’s brand can be a quick way to get noticed. But as EN discovers, it can also attract the unwelcome attention of m’learned friends.

Blown out

Insurance premiums have been getting lower for years. How long can they continue that way? EN investigates.

Stamped out?

October’s strikes reminded many businesses how much they need the Royal Mail- and others how easily they can do without it. EN asks what “modernisation” can really deliver.

A game of two halves

Brendan Flood is picking up the pieces of his Modus development business at the same time as celebrating his efforts at Burnley FC paying off with promotion to the Premier League. EN speaks to him about a funny old game- and a bit about football too.

The big top

Clowning about for cash or a financial high-wire act? Elizabeth Donevan visits the circus to discover the real bottom line.

That's entertainment

Putting on an event is easy. Putting on a great one that doesn’t turn out to be a damp squib or descend into a scouse wedding isn’t.

Losing interest

Many entrepreneurs plan to fund their retirement by selling their business- something one or two have come to regret recently. EN examines the cases for and against saving in a pension scheme.

Independent schools

Have private schools been given six of the best by the recession? EN examines the real bottom line.

Keystroke cops

These days the data held on your computers could be worth more than the hardware itself. So what can you do to make it more secure?

Pigs in lipstick?

Examples of impressive business sales were thin on the ground in 2009 but this year could see that change – if sellers get their presentation right.

Ad its chips?

During the recession marketing budgets have migrated onto the internet at a rate of knots. What has the impact been? EN investigates.

Barring a miracle

The economy might still be limping along but at least gold traders are making a mint. EN discovers how the inflation of a bubble is spawning a glut of new businesses.

Five Minutes With

Nick Anstee

London has two mayors. One, a mop-topped former journalist, wields more power than anybody outside the Cabinet and many within it. The other, a sober accountant, spends a significant proportion of his year in office jetting around the world telling anyone who will listen what jolly fine chaps our bankers really are.

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