Real Business Archive - August 2008


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Reducing your carbon footprint Reducing your carbon footprint

“Carbon cutting” is starting to affect every area of our lives. Whether it’s buying a product in a supermarket that bears a carbon reduction label or reducing our carbon footprint in other ways, most of us now appreciate the urgency of the matter.

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Blue-rinse entrepreneurs make millions

By Kate Pritchard - March 04, 2008 5:41pm GMT

They started out selling their home-made chutney to the WI and school fetes. Now two mums-turned-mavericks have clinched a big-bucks deal with Waitrose to supply their luxury range of Anglo-Indian sauces.

Why school stinks

By Kate Pritchard - February 27, 2008 3:50pm GMT

Starting out with just a tool kit and a van, Charlie Mullins has built a £15m-turnover plumbing business, unblocking drains for the likes of Jonathan Ross, Eric Clapton and Gordon Ramsay. His biggest regret? “I left school when I was 15. I wish I’d escaped much earlier.”

The science of hiring good employees

By Rebecca Burn-Callander - February 27, 2008 2:15pm GMT

There’s no precise formula to hiring good people,” says Jason Stockwood, international MD of Match.com. “But I do have one piece of advice.”

Entrepreneurs and FDs go hand in hand

By Catherine Woods - February 26, 2008 4:12pm GMT

Employing a good finance director to keep a watchful eye on costs is the most important thing a fast-growing company can do, according to Vtesse Networks founder Aidan Paul.

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Warning: My business is protected with chicken poo

By Kate Pritchard - March 05, 2008 1:04pm GMT

Try and break into Joe Weston-Webb’s flooring firm at your own peril.

Are the Poles petering out?

By Kate Pritchard - February 29, 2008 5:20pm GMT

Latest government stats would have you believe that the wave of Polish immigration is finally receding. Entrepreneur Steven Street thinks that’s a load of old tosh.

M&S makes pounds from plastic

By Kate Pritchard - February 28, 2008 5:33pm GMT

The beacon of British retail has gone and set another new trend. In a bid to save the environment, M&S will start charging shoppers for plastic bags.

I’m getting bored of Facebook

By Rebecca Burn-Callander - February 28, 2008 3:33pm GMT

It was pitched as a business phenomenon. Add your app. “Poke” your colleagues. Play Chess with clients. But now, we’ve gotta say – we’re just so over Facebook.

Top ten misleading adverts

By Rebecca Burn-Callander - February 27, 2008 3:35pm GMT

A new Nutella advert has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority for misleading consumers. Here are the RB top ten misleading adverts.

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Is Bob Dylan the entrepreneur's soundtrack?

The chief executive of property developer Brixton yesterday quoted Bob Dylan's "All along the watchtower" lyrics to sum up the state of the property market. So which songs best sum up the life of the entrepreneur? Here are our suggestions.


By Matthew Rock

How long should entrepreneurs work?

Do you work as hard as your entrepreneur-peers? How many hours a week is acceptable for a top entrepreneur? Is there a relationship between how hard you work and how successful your business is? All is revealed in a survey out today.


By Matthew Rock

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