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A great British renaissance has been taking place. From Aberdeen to the West Country, the zing is back in manufacturing. It’s about time this spectacular story was told.

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A real-life eBay entrepreneur
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Stephano Passantino is an eBay entrepreneur who’s graduated to the big league. He now runs his own website – Lastseason.com.

February 04, 2008 1:47pm
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Transparent prices mean more sales
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The secrets of service success from the millionaire plumber, Charlie Mullins of Pimlico Plumbers.

February 01, 2008 10:46am
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Stylish sex toys corner the market
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If you’re squeamish, look away now. Nexus manufactures G-spot massagers. Here’s how the London-based company created a buzz in a narrow market.

January 29, 2008 4:13pm
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Scarface inspired my business
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The idea for Richard Atherton's entertainment business Bonobo Presents came from an unlikely source.

January 29, 2008 11:57am
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Recycling firm makes waste a winner
By Rebecca Burn-Callander
Recycling innovator Remarkable is on the brink of the first  recycled waste brand.

January 24, 2008 5:07pm
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"Gypsy" entrepreneur takes on electricity firms
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Dale Vince's wind power business Ecotricity is challenging the commitment of electricity firms to green energy.

January 23, 2008 10:39am
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The car that Jeremy Clarkson hates
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Green businesses. Ecopreneurs. Eco entrepreneurs. Climate change and the environment are galvanising a new generation of entrepreneurs. In our first instalment, meet the G-Wiz, the car the celebrities love (well, almost all of them).

January 21, 2008 5:27pm
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How to sell to the older woman
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Douglas Wilkie has made an artform out of selling clothes to the mature woman. His family’s chain of Wilkies department stores has been courting this core market since 1898. It’s no surprise the man knows his onions.

January 17, 2008 12:24pm
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Britney Spears – the new business opportunity
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The much-publicised collapse of Britney Spears - and stories of middle-class binge drinking, stress etc - highlights an exciting opportunity for entrepreneurs: parenting.

January 09, 2008 3:24pm
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How to crack Australia
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Harbhajan Singh may be public enemy number one in Australia. But when Jeff Horn got wind of a tender worth £700,000 Down Under, he was determined to win the contract. Without an ounce of export experience, he bowled them over.

January 08, 2008 11:43am

BUSINESS NEWS >>

Senior care franchise fills gap in market

By Catherine Woods - October 10, 2008 3:21pm GMT

Trevor Brocklebank and his wife, Sam, bought the UK franchise for alternative care business Home Instead Senior Care after struggling to find appropriate services for his ailing grandfather.

Stop press: Sir Alan Sugar's bought into Woolies

By Rebecca Burn-Callander - October 10, 2008 2:36pm GMT

Amstrad founder and Apprentice star Sir Alan Sugar today acquired a four per cent stake in the ailing Woolworths chain.

Testing is crucial for new social networking site

By Catherine Woods - October 10, 2008 12:34pm GMT

Social networking site Wigadoo.com wants to make it easier for friends to organise social events when there’s money involved – from holidays to hen parties.

Does the Lightning car have electric appeal?

By Kate Pritchard - October 10, 2008 11:46am GMT

It scorches from 0-60mph in less than four seconds, its batteries can be charged in ten minutes and you can imagine James Bond sitting behind the wheel. But will the über-stylish electric Lightning car ever make money?

The financial market today

By Rebecca Burn-Callander - October 10, 2008 10:47am GMT

Share prices tumble further. Brown calls for global support for failing banks. And Pesto thinks its only going to get worse.

Brochures on Saving and investing

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Playing monopoly with Alistair Darling

By Rebecca Burn-Callander - October 10, 2008 5:11pm GMT

It's Friday afternoon and RB's eyes are bleeding from frantically watching the rise and tumble of the financial markets today. To give our peepers, and yours, a well deserved break from doom and gloom, check out today's funnies from NewsBiscuit.

Market crisis: the Real Business bargepole ten

By Stuart Rock - October 10, 2008 1:53pm GMT

The market crisis has some big losers.

Global financial crisis: what next?

By Catherine Woods - October 09, 2008 11:31am GMT

I received a text from an investment banker friend this morning who, it has to be said, is master of the understatement.

Interest rates: the reaction

By Catherine Woods - October 08, 2008 4:03pm GMT

Was today’s global interest rates cut “one of the big, pivotal moments for the economy”?

Why I love being British...

By Rebecca Burn-Callander - October 08, 2008 2:01pm GMT

The financial markets are in turmoil. It's the worst banking crisis since the 1930's. A cloud of doom hangs over our fair nation. But some people still have the balls to have a little joke about it all.

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