Start-up wired for success
The beancounters reckon it will cost £28.8bn to set up every home in the UK with broadband. Simon MacDonald, founder of Kabel-X, a firm pioneering a revolutionary way to replace copper core with fibre optics, disagrees.
Downturn drives up sales for Miroma
The floundering economy has helped barter company Miroma to more than double its turnover to £9.1m during the past 12 months, and founder Marc Boyan says conditions will probably push sales above the £30m mark next year.
UK entrepreneur blasts Republicans over failed bailout
The US Congress’s failure to pass the $700bn financial rescue package has been labelled a “disaster” by Caxton FX chief executive Rupert Lee-Browne, who says the UK is going to be the hardest hit because of it.
Family firm shaves £50k off energy bills
Sick of the sky-high energy bills at his garden centre, Robert Moody decided to install a biomass-fired heat and power plant – and managed to convince the Carbon Trust to stump up £100k towards the cost of it.
Private equity industry blamed for financial collapse
The financial system is in meltdown after the US Congress dramatically rejected a $700bn plan to rescue the paralysed banks. “This is the worst economic situation that we’ve lived through,” says Jon Moulton, founder of Alchemy Partners.