“Oh God. Oh God, honey. Are you kidding me?” The model and TV personality, Caprice, in her signature Californian drawl, describes EN’s suggestion that she’s faced a “tough” couple of years in business as a major understatement.
Dr Vince Cable, the new business secretary, is ultimately responsible for curing UK Plc’s red tape ills. EN suggests some regulations he should consign to the dustbin.
They say never to work with children or animals. So what hope is there of making money from a field packed with both? EN examines the real bottom line....
Some of the country’s fastest-growing businesses are based upon multiple franchise ownership. But is this really a failsafe route to riches for aspiring entrepreneurs?
Somewhere in Europe one of his exhaust pipes is fitted every 11 seconds. Klarius boss Tony Wilson tells Stuart Anderson about tranforming sluggish US-owned subsidiaries into a manufacturing empire.
If Cameron, Clegg et al thought putting together the UK’s first coalition government in 65 years was tricky, wait until they get going on the deficit and sorting out the tangled mess that is UK business policy.
We hear a lot about what “business” thinks of Government policy – usually meaning the opinion of the salaried chief exec of some talking shop or other. EN asks real entrepreneurs what they would like to say to the new Prime Minister.
We keep being told that Britain is fastbecoming a nation of singletons, whatever they might be. So is finding Mr Right for a legion of Bridget Jones’s a licence to print money? EN inspects a firm bottom line.
Frank McKenna has never exactly been shy about being the public face of the Downtown in Business brand, which he founded in Liverpool in 2004 and now boasts operations in Preston and Manchester (the latter launched earlier this year). His weekly, “Thank Frank it’s Friday” email missives, “Frankie Says” blog and Tarantino-inspired advertisements are cases in point.
Betta Living’s boss reminds us a bit of TV’s David Dickinson. But was his best transaction the Real Deal? Stuart Anderson hastily conceals his Ikea loyalty card as Noel Dean reveals...
