FD watch
Finance directors have been appointed at companies including Novera, Lit and Collins Stewart.
Terry List – List Group
Twelve months ago, with a growth rate of 374 per cent, it was expansion as far as the eye could see for the List Group, the engineering firm topping our Hot 100. Today, founder Terry List tells us how the view from the top has changed.
James Eder
James Eder of Studentbeans.com tells us how he’s inspiring the next generation of entrepreneurs.
Listen to your people, Gordon Brown!
Entrepreneur Rik Hellewell, owner of 15-year-old professional oven-valeting firm Ovenu, has some advice for Prime Minister Gordon Brown: find out what the real people are talking about in the real world.
Company aims for a “greener economy”
A group of entrepreneurs is taking advantage of the green pound by establishing an energy services company to fund the installation and maintenance of environmentally friendly systems to heat and cool new buildings throughout the UK and Europe.
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Most of morning spent on yet another disciplinary matter with junior from offices. Painfully aware that I needed to be extra kind and tolerant as real fault lay with manager who had both over promoted and failed to supervise.
What MPs can learn from the private sector
As the official inquiry into reforming MPs’ expenses begins, commercial dispute specialist Tom Read hits out at Westminster, claiming that "politicians should act more like entrepreneurs".