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Josie Beckett: Rising Star
From a market stall in Spitalfields to supplying Top Shop and internet-based retailer ASOS, Josie Beckett talks about the unexpected success of her label Whereareyounow?
Rising Star: Heather Gorringe
Wiggly Wigglers was the first company in the UK to launch a compost worm kit. Nearly 20 years later Heather Gorringe has won £15,000 as the UK winner of the Dell Small Business Excellence Award
Rising star: Stephen Brooks
Stephen Brooks started his events management company, PM Squared, after having worked for ten years for a conference and events firm. The company started making a profit within two months and one year later has a turnover of £150,000.
Rollercoaster of a start-up
In the 25 years Ian Wood has been in business he’s seen a company go under, watched an acquisition fail and carried the burden of personally guaranteeing a 25-year lease. With his design agency, ICM Creative, he’s finally got things right
Tips from the top - Caprice talks lingerie
Former Wonderbra model Caprice Bourret self-financed successful lingerie brand By Caprice, as well as modeling and marketing the line. The business bombshell reveals all to SmallBusiness.co.uk.
From summer fête to supermarket: how to get your product on the shelves.
Getting your product onto the shelves of a major retailer is no mean feat. SmallBusiness.co.uk speaks to Maria Hellyer, co-founder of The British Curry Company, about how she managed to turn a few jars of curry sauce at a summer fête into Bombay Authentics, a brand that is now sold throughout the UK and exported to 12 countries throughout North America, the Middle East and Europe.
Lessons Learned - Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, founder, The Black Farmer
Three years ago Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones launched his food brand ‘The Black Farmer’, daring to take on the big stores and their own labels dominating the market at the time. Based in Devon, his range of sausages, burgers and barbeque products is now stocked in major supermarkets across the UK. SmallBusiness.co.uk caught up with him.
Lessons Learned: Glenda Stone, Founder and CEO, Aurora
SmallBusiness.co.uk asks a seasoned entrepreneur to share their experiences and offer advice for SMEs. With the benefit of hindsight, what do they wish they'd known when they started? Glenda Stone, Founder and CEO of Aurora, offers her pearls of wisdom.
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Lessons Learned, Chris Mottershead, Travelzest
Chris Mottershead is a travel industry veteran. He was president and CEO of North American leisure group Airtours before changing course to steer online travel specialist Travelzest through a turbulent period for the sector to land record profits
Who wants to be a self-made millionaire?
SmallBusiness.co.uk asks self-made millionaire Charlie Mullins, who built his company, Pimlico Plumbers, into a multi-million pound business, to give us his top tips.
