Livebookings secures £6.5m funding
Online restaurant booking service boosted by Balderton Capital private equity investment.
FD watch – Nick Parker
Nick Parker has resigned as FD of Dyson Group.
Budget 2008: The Predictions
It’s only six days before our bushy-browed Chancellor announces the Budget. So what’s lurking in Alistair Darling’s red briefcase?
FD watch – Nichola Halverson
Nichola Halverson has been appointed group FD of NetPlay TV.
Female-friendly workplace helps staff retention
Creating female-friendly offices and forming a special support group are two initiatives IT services specialist Connect has undertaken to boost the number of women in its workforce.
FD watch – Aidan Smith
Aidan Smith has resigned as finance director of Liberty International.
A shortage of skilled workers hits engineering industry
“It’s impossible to find staff,” says Paul Birtles, director of Surgical Innovations. “There just aren’t enough skilled engineers coming through the system.”
FD watch – Ian Durant
Ian Durant has been appointed finance director of commercial property specialists Liberty International.
Tradition vs Innovation. Weatherbys enters the 21st Century
The image of racing has got a bit tired of late: flat caps and cigars, tweed coats and bad weather. Nick Craven, CEO of £14m-turnover Weatherbys Ventures, pulls out all the stops to get young people hot for horses.
Anand Mahindra on business, family values
As part of a women’s business delegation to India, Real Business was privileged to hear Anand Mahindra, managing director of one of India’s most successful family businesses, the Mahindra Group. Here are some extracts from his speech.
The British: nonchalant, or lazy?
A non-dom entrepreneur in London on the frustratingly creative Brits.
Family business coverage should be better than this
Family business stories should stop being obsessed by flash and glitz