Real Business

One of Britain's leading experts in turbochargers has a dream of transforming vehicle fuel efficiency.

Dr Michael Rudgyard is one of Britain's top supercomputer experts. He's launches a new spin-out venture to help IT companies go green.

Skateboarders turned CRM entrepreneurs, Chris Tanner and Andrew Mulvenna of Brightpearl.

John  McGuire, CEO of Cheshire-based cloud-computing specialist FreshTL, has closed a landmark deal for the north-west.

David Astles is CEO of one of the UK's most exciting university spin-off cleantech companies, Phosphonics.

Gehan Talwatte, MD of aviation consultancy Ascend, has secured further funding to expand the business.

John Robertson, managing director of Burntisland Fabrications (BiFab) shows the potential for the UK renewables and wind power sector by completing an £11m deal.

Former “Dolly the Sheep” CEO Simon Best has joined as CEO a fascinating Scottish business – Aquapharm – that uses marine microbes to develop new drug treatments and that has secured more funding.

Spotlight on: Patrick Newton, CEO of Helveta. How this successful software entrepreneur is building a business in some of the world’s most treacherous markets to combat the illegal logging trade. This week, his business raised £1m.

Willowbrook Healthcare, under MD John Strowbridge, is the latest care home provider to raise serious money

This week marks the arrival of a major new British fashion brand, as the ethical retailer Weird Fish, founded by Doug Tilling, gets multi-million backing.

Shirin Dehghan, engineer-CEO of much-touted high-tech wireless business Arieso, announced this week that the firm has raised £1.45m to drive growth.