http://realbusiness.co.uk Real Business - Connecting and insipiring entrepreneurs en-gb http://realbusiness.co.uk/images/realbusiness_logo.gif http://realbusiness.co.uk http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5325091/lee-mcqueen-pulls-a-sickie.thtml First day on the job and Apprentice winner McQueen has been struck down by a flu-like virus. Read

]]> lee lee mcqueen amstrad the apprentice bbc 2008-07-02T14:55:46+01:00 Rebecca Burn-Callander http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5325091/lee-mcqueen-pulls-a-sickie.thtml http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5320996/look-out-boris-sir-alan-for-mayor.thtml Sir Alan Sugar has been mooted as a possible labour candidate for Mayor of London, and the grizzly entrepreneur is up for the challenge. Read

]]> sir alan livingstone sir alan sugar amstrad mayoral election 2008-06-27T16:10:47+01:00 Ally Papasodaro http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5320996/look-out-boris-sir-alan-for-mayor.thtml http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5320366/the-worlds-first-tibetan-consumer-brand.thtml Bizarre. Read

]]> gloji tibet brand china 2008-06-26T16:41:05+01:00 Matthew Rock http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5320366/the-worlds-first-tibetan-consumer-brand.thtml http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5320296/elnaugh-vs-paphitis-the-dragons-are-at-war.thtml When Theo Paphitis suggested all women’s brains “turn to mush” when they get pregnant, fellow Dragon Rachel Elnaugh, entrepreneur and mother-of-five, breathed fire and brimstone. Read

]]> paphitis dragons den rymans sexist rachel elnaugh 2008-06-26T14:45:09+01:00 Rebecca Burn-Callander http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5320296/elnaugh-vs-paphitis-the-dragons-are-at-war.thtml http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5318181/im-so-excited-and-i-just-cant-hide-it.thtml Anyone else gearing up to go wild over the new domain name changes? No? Just think of the wit, variety and confusion it will bring to the world wide web. Read

]]> internet business icann brand name english language arabic 2008-06-25T11:09:01+01:00 Rebecca Burn-Callander http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5318181/im-so-excited-and-i-just-cant-hide-it.thtml http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5315206/the-apprentice-where-are-they-now.thtml The Apprentice winner, Lee McQueen, isn't the only one who's doing well for himself. Read

]]> the apprentice lee mcqueen claire young alan sugar alex wotherspoon 2008-06-23T14:36:16+01:00 Catherine Woods http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5315206/the-apprentice-where-are-they-now.thtml http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5313396/love-a-bit-of-boris.thtml At the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards last night, we had a surprise visit from our new Mayor. And he was on barnstorming form. Read

]]> cbi ernst young business summit margaret thatcher boris johnson 2008-06-19T14:39:29+01:00 Rebecca Burn-Callander http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5313396/love-a-bit-of-boris.thtml http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5312316/millionaire-plumber-defies-the-plunging-economy.thtml More doom and gloom is forecast for British business-owners. According to BDO Stoy Hayward, over 17,800 businesses will fall prey to the effects of the credit crunch this year. But Charlie Mullins of Pimlico Plumbers is one wily entrepreneur bucking the trend. Read

]]> bdo stoy hayward credit crunch charlie mullins entrepreneur pimlico plumbers 2008-06-18T11:05:52+01:00 Carryn Dewing http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5312316/millionaire-plumber-defies-the-plunging-economy.thtml http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5310336/beware-the-postie.thtml Duncan McDonald spends his mornings delivering post around Cardiff. But he’s no Postman Pat. This “blood-sucking leech” preys on hapless firms by stealing their names and bribing them for six-figure sums. It might not be moral – but it’s pure genius. Read

]]> sir alan sugar the apprentice postman takeover cyber squatting 2008-06-16T15:23:55+01:00 Kate Pritchard http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5310336/beware-the-postie.thtml http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5310216/sex-drugs-rocknroll-and-semiconductors.thtml Ah, the sweet corrupting influences of success, wealth and power. LA billionaire Henry Nicholas III, founder of silicon chip firm Broadcom, is embroiled in a media furore today as rampant tales of orgies, excess and Led Zeppelin hit the headlines. Read

]]> pay staircases henry nicholas sex palace led zeppelin 2008-06-16T13:57:48+01:00 Rebecca Burn-Callander http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5310216/sex-drugs-rocknroll-and-semiconductors.thtml