John Caudwell: Bring back Saturday jobs to fix youth unemployment Opinion Spiralling labour costs and regulation have decimated what used to be entry level jobs for teenagers, says John Caudwell I started work young. I grew worms in a box under my mother’s bed to sell to fishermen, traded cigarette packet coupons, knocked on doors selling soap for charity and later ran a small mail-order business [...]
I learned the hard way. That doesn’t mean today’s entrepreneurs need to Opinion Successful entrepreneurs have a responsibility to mentor the next generation of talent, writes John Caudwell.
John Caudwell: Bezos gives billionaires a bad name Business If you ever want to feel like you don’t quite do enough with your time, speak to John Caudwell. We are approaching the culmination of a wide-ranging interview, and the billionaire founder of Phones 4u – and a man hoping to build London’s most expensive housing development ever – runs through his terrifyingly busy schedule [...]