ENTREPRENEURS NEWS | IN BRIEF June 26, 2011 FSB CALLS FOR IMPROVED EU LAW The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is calling on the government to support plans for a Europe-wide law that small firms can use when drawing up contracts within the EU. According to the FSB, the government’s hopes for an export-led recovery will falter unless it changes its contradictory position [...]
A drink with the master of UK entrepreneurship June 19, 2011 LUKE Johnson is a man who takes a while to introduce. He seems to have run, or had his hand in running, half of the middle-class high street. Pizza Express, Giraffe, Patisserie Valerie, Belgo, Strada, Feng Sushi, Baker and Spice, the Signature Restaurants that owned The Ivy and Le Caprice – to name a few. [...]
ENTREPRENEURS NEWS | IN BRIEF May 30, 2011 ORDERS GROW AT FASTEST RATE IN 16 YEARS Last quarter the UK’s small and medium-sized manufacturers saw the volume of orders at home and abroad grow at the fastest rate in 16 years, leading to another solid rise in output, said the CBI this week. But the business group warned that smaller firms are being [...]
ENTREPRENEURS NEWS | IN BRIEF May 15, 2011 LoveFilm takes the BVCA prize LoveFilm and Mind Candy were badged as London and the South East’s best venture capital and private equity-backed businesses by the British Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (BVCA) this week. LoveFilm, acquired by Amazon in January, won the Exit Management Team of the Year award, while Mind Candy – [...]
In the long run the Aussie is a wager against entrepreneurs May 3, 2011 ON 2 May, the Australian dollar climbed to a high of $1.1011, not reached since its 1983 float. Despite a small retreat, this upward trend is largely expected to resume on the back of continued demand for commodities and a hawkish Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). Yet over the long-term, trouble in China and technological [...]
ENTREPRENEURS NEWS | IN BRIEF April 17, 2011 ENTREPRENEURS SUMMIT Investec, the investment bank, is hosting a conference for entrepreneurs on 25 May. Lara Morgan, founder of Pacific Direct, LoveFilm’s Simon Calver, Luke Johnson among others will be speaking. Also, Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, will be giving a speech on the economy alongside John Cridland of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). [...]
ENTREPRENEURS NEWS | IN BRIEF April 10, 2011 BAD WEBSITES COST YOU MONEY A total of 46 per cent of British consumers have cancelled plans to spend with a small business after finding a poor quality website, according to research released today by 1&1 Internet Ltd, www.1and1.co.uk, a web hosting business. From a study of more than 1,800 UK adults, 37 per cent [...]
ENTREPRENEURS NEWS | IN BRIEF March 20, 2011 TRAINING YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS Deloitte, 3i, Diageo and McKinsey are backing a new training programme to encourage young people to be more entrepreneurial. The programme is selective and runs for one year from September. It is aimed at motivated young people interested in business. 25 candidates will have a 12-month internship with an entrepreneur. In addition, [...]
ENTREPRENEURS NEWS | IN BRIEF February 24, 2011 A Dragon in Romania The founding Dragons’ Den panellist Doug Richard has been drafted in by Romania’s Post-Privatisation Foundation (PPF) to deliver an intensive training course which aims to help Romanian entrepreneurs turn their ideas into fast-growth successful businesses. The program will train 250 Romanian entrepreneurs and thanks to the PPF, the School for Start-ups [...]
ENTREPRENEURS NEWS | IN BRIEF February 13, 2011 BRANDS OF TOMORROW COMPETITION Walpole, the British trade body for the luxury industry, has launched a competition to find Britain’s brand of tomorrow. The prize is mentoring from the people behind Britain’s top luxury brands, including Liberty and Smythson. To be eligible, companies need an annual turnover between £100,000 and £2m per year. Visit www.thewalpole.co.uk [...]