Malcolm Walker, the founder and chief executive of Iceland Foods, has upped his stake in Individual Restaurant Company, buying a further 5m shares in the owner of the Restaurant Bar & Grill and Piccolino chains.
Iceland Foods chief executive Malcolm Walker has called small business lobby group the Forum of Private Business (FPB) "pillocks" in an increasingly bad tempered disagreement.
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.
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.
There was nothing Woolley about Charles’s decision to buy into Asda in 1993. Elizabeth Donevan discreetly fills her handbag with sachets of ketchup as the founder of Rectory Foods reveals...