Grass Roots entrepreneur receives an MBE for social responsibility
By Kate Pritchard
David Evans set up Herfordshire-based performance improvement firm Grass Roots in the eighties. Today, he turns over a whopping £247m, employs over 1,000 people and has just become one of only three people in the country to receive an MBE for services to CSR.

“You’ll never see Pipers Crisps in Tesco”
By Kate Pritchard
Lincolnshire farmer Alex Albone set up Pipers Crisps in 2004. Today, he produces 75,000 bags a week – but downright refuses to supply major supermarkets. “As long as I live, I won’t sell to Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda or Waitrose.”

“State-imposed quotas won’t help”
By Kate Pritchard
Should the British government follow Norway’s lead and introduce “diversity quotas”, specifying that 40 per cent of all boardroom positions are held by women – and prosecuting firms that don’t measure up? “No way,” says CBI director general Richard Lambert.

Plus Market or AIM? “Both,” says Mr Bagels director
By Rebecca Burn-Callander
Faced with the red tape and expense of listing on AIM, Henry Hardoon, director of Mr Bagels, opted for a soft launch.

Good corporate governance is vital for all firms
By Catherine Woods
Rapid Mobile Media chief executive Jeremy Copp believes no company is too small to have to worry about strong corporate governance.

Heathrow's T5 was "the right move"
By Kate Pritchard
Despite the public backlash, the 20,000 pieces of lost luggage and hundreds of cancelled flights, Asian entrepreneur Surinder Arora says the government was right to give British Airports Authority its blessing to expand Heathrow airport.

Gordon Ramsay outrages restaurant owners
By Kate Pritchard
Foul-mouthed celebrity chef and entrepreneur Gordon Ramsay has caused fury among the country’s restaurant owners by saying they should be banned from serving fruit and vegetables that are out of season.

Tesco’s glory days are over
By Kate Pritchard
Tesco hit the headlines today, accused of using "deeply chilling tactics" to silence its critics. “It’s using its massive weight and power to shut people up,” says Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, one of Tesco’s suppliers. “Ultimately, that will be the cause of its downfall.”

"Entrepreneurs have a social responsibility"
By Kate Pritchard
Sir Ronald Cohen, the doyen of British venture capitalism and chairman of Bridges Community Ventures, says "outstanding firms" are those that put something back into society.

Summit hears why more female senior execs are needed
By Catherine Woods
Women in board level positions are more open than men and bring much-needed empathy to the role, delegates at the Women of the Future Economic Empowerment Summit have been told.