Meet the men looking to corner the World market July 31, 2011 JOE Murray and Richard Tucker can sell anything. Cots, birdcages, log splitters, mattresses – you name it – these guys will have a dedicated website for it and they will be selling them by the shed load (speaking of which, they also sell sheds). With 79 of these websites and 350,000 items sold in just [...]
GROWTH PLAN NEEDS YOUNG CREATIVE TALENT July 31, 2011 ENTREPRENEURS by definition have never been fond of following a plan. But today, our economy needs a plan for growth, and a good place to start is the UK’s creative startup sector. The creative industries contribute £59.2bn to the UK economy and provide 2.3m jobs. They have a higher share of GDP in the UK [...]
ENTREPRENEURS NEWS | IN BRIEF July 31, 2011 YOUNG PEOPLE WANT TO BE ENTREPRENEURS Eight in ten young people want to become entrepreneurs. Britain is brimming with future entrepreneurs, a new study into young people’s ambitions has concluded. According to the survey of 2,000 youngsters, commissioned to support the Ambition AXA Awards, more than three-quarters of 11 to 18-year-olds (77 per cent) say [...]
Rivers, Buddhas and temples: SE Asia minus the beaches July 31, 2011 SOUTH East Asia is intimidatingly rich in temptations, fascinations and possibilities. As someone who had never been, and had ten days for the inaugural journey, I had to make some tough decisions. The first one was to steer clear of the beaches and focus on culture and rivers. This may sound a bit unsexy. But [...]
Why Google+ may save my friendships July 31, 2011 A MONTH ago I wrote a column saying Facebook shouldn’t be worried about the 6m users it lost in the US. The gist of it was that there was no chance of a serious rival emerging. Zuckerberg, I said, has the whole social network thing stitched up, and he’ll live happily ever after as king [...]
BETFAIR’S IRON LADY IS ON HER LAST LEG July 31, 2011 FOUR down and one to go. No, not the number of top-level scalps claimed by the News Corp scandal, but the feats of endurance completed by Betfair’s Susannah Gill, the Iron Lady of the City, as part of her five-part “ultimate challenge” between April and September. Gill, who is making the original iron woman Margaret [...]
CITY EYE July 31, 2011 PEDAL pushers: City workers take a break from the markets to take part in a group spinning class in Canary Wharf’s Montgomery Square in aid of armed forces charity Help For Heroes. More than 800 people took part in the outdoor classes over the course of the day, which was organised by healthcare provider Nuffield [...]
Bell benefits from India’s spirit levels July 31, 2011 ENGLAND batsman Ian Bell admitted he was fortunate to have been reinstated after a controversial run out, instigated by his own “stupidity”, largely overshadowed a brilliant match-turning century. Promoted to No3, a position he had struggled to assert himself in previously, Bell took the game away from India with an innings that belied the delicately [...]
Wilshere a major doubt for England match as wasteful Arsenal are booed July 31, 2011 ARSENAL midfielder Jack Wilshere looks set to miss England’s friendly against Holland next week after picking up an ankle injury yesterday. Wilshere (right) was withdrawn after just seven minutes of a 1-1 draw with New York Red Bulls, which saw the American side pip the Gunners to the Emirates Cup. The 19-year-old is expected to [...]
Button brings up double century in grand manner July 31, 2011 BRITAIN’S Jenson Button crowned his 200th Grand Prix appearance with victory in Hungary and admitted he would need the upcoming summer break to recover from the celebrations. The McLaren driver, who awoke yesterday to a hoax story posted on his personal website by hackers claiming he was in a “critical condition” following a “serious accident”, [...]
