Boom sector: Exporting to expats
Sean Ramsden has built a £27m-turnover business selling Atora suet and Ambrosia semolina to nostalgic Brits.
FSB reveals pre-Budget wish-list
If you had the ear of the chancellor what would you ask to be included in the pre-Budget report? Tax breaks? Business rates relief? A pledge to cut red tape?
Do you trust your bank?
Entrepreneurs would be forgiven for not backing their bank manager 100 per cent, especially given today’s news that it took £850bn of taxpayers’ money to bail out stricken finance houses during the credit crunch.
Cut your overheads online
Need so save cash? Look no further than these tried-and-tested penny-saving websites. Today’s top three: cheap designers, contracts for a song and cashback for your company.
Hammer time for gold
When it comes precious metals it’s hammer time! Eighties big trouser-wearing rap icon MC Hammer has fallen under the spell of gold, currently soaring in value and much in demand.
Venture capital – the London vs the rest divide
Numbers out today show the UK VC sector has been almost entirely replaced by public funding.
The Alloy designs employee-ownership scheme
Former car designer Gus Desbarats set up Farnham-based product design and manufacturing firm The Alloy in 1999. A decade on, he’s creating a shared-ownership scheme so that "the brand outlasts its founder".