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Frank McKenna

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.

Will King

When comedian Dom Joly “tweeted” the fact that he was on the lookout for a new razor he received a number of responses advising him to give King of Shaves products a go and to contact the firm’s founder, Will King, directly. Joly got in touch with King who sent a razor out in the next post.

Esther McVey

A lot was resting on May’s General Election for Esther McVey. As well as either shattering or fulfilling her political ambitions, the result in Wirral West – the marginal seat she successfully fought for the Conservatives – was to determine whether her business decisions of late were the right ones. She spoke to us as campaigning began in earnest.

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.

Penny Power

Online social networking isn’t all about your gran keeping up with your kids on Facebook and Twitter. In fact, before any of these names really took off it was business that led the online social revolution.

The Cheerful Soul

For those whose only experience of the reality TV show The Restaurant is the series currently being aired on BBC 2, it may be hard to believe that the programme will produce a winner worthy of serious financial backing to open the restaurant of their dreams.

Adrian Moorhouse

When Adrian Moorhouse, the former gold medal winning Olympic swimmer tells EN ,“I think we have got a bit flabby, haven’t we?” it’s taken as an upfront, if slightly insensitive comment. Thankfully he’s not insulting our out-of-condition reporter but putting the state of British business into the context of a sporting challenge.

John Spanswick

John Spanswick thinks the construction industry gets a bad press. It’s got a lot to be proud of despite a tough 18 months and good PR will be crucial to riding out the storm, he tells EN, before addressing guests at the 20th anniversary event of construction PR firm Clare Communications at Manchester’s Imperial War Museum.

Edward de Bono

The word “guru” is one of the most overused in the English language. From PR to plumbing, it seems to be applied to anyone with a big enough mouth and a modicum of achievement to back it up.

Kavita Oberoi

Until last year Kavita Oberoi was a relatively anonymous – if successful – businesswoman and property investor, employing 25 people at the smallish healthcare IT business she founded in Derby in 2001.

  • Fat camps

    Turning excess lard into dough? It’s like taking candy from a baby. EN heads to the fit farm and examines a bulging bottom line.

  • Angels with dirty faces

    EN visited the British Business Angels Association’s annual conference and found a sector torn between confidence and crisis.

  • Slick moves

    Are we emerging from recession into an energy crisis? Probably not, as EN discovers.

  • The unavoidable truth

    EN and Downtown in Business hosted a wide-ranging panel debate following June’s emergency Budget. This is what happened.

  • Day nurseries

    Making money out of nurseries should be child’s play. Shouldn’t it? EN examines the real bottom line.

Five Minutes With

Frank McKenna

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.

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