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The first Apprentice wedding!
Kate and Philip from the latest series of The Apprentice are engaged.
By Catherine Woods - 03/07/2009

Sir Alan Sugar: "You're hired!"
Sir Alan Sugar: "You're hired!" Great piece by The Telegraph's Richard Tyler today about the confirmed appointment of Sir Alan Sugar to the post of enterprise tsar. "A tentative date of July 20th has been pencilled in for his hairiness to don the rabbit fur," he says.
By Rebecca Burn-Callander - 01/07/2009

Pre-stained underwear: the next big thing?
Pre-stained underwear: the next big thing? That's right. "Pre-stained". Suspend your disbelief for a moment. Canadian entrepreneur Philip Watson founded Easy Tiger Corp to peddle underwear that has been - ahem - ready-soiled, shall we say. And he reckons these nasty knickers will be a surefire hit with "the dudes".
By Rebecca Burn-Callander - 22/06/2009

It can only be... the Friday Funnies
It can only be... the Friday Funnies As swine flu hits the headlines for the second time, the swine flu jokes are just pouring in! Laugh till you oink, readers.
By Rebecca Burn-Callander - 12/06/2009

Jokes. Jokes. Jokes.
Jokes. Jokes. Jokes. Further to popular demand, this week we're devoting a whole section of our jokes blog to our hapless prime minister, Gordon Brown.
By Rebecca Burn-Callander - 05/06/2009

Cassetteboy does The Apprentice
Hats off to Broadbean MD and Real Business columnist Dan McGuire for scouting this out. An even darker side to Sir Alan Sugar is revealed in this daft mash-up.
By Rebecca Burn-Callander - 01/06/2009

Get yer jokes. Fresh jokes here.
Get yer jokes. Fresh jokes here. It's Friday afternoon. The sun's shining. It just might be a glorious weekend in Blighty. Wind down this afternoon with the Real Business Friday funnies. 
By Rebecca Burn-Callander - 29/05/2009

Play The Apprentice game
Want to have a go completing an Alan Sugar-style task? Check out this fast-paced and addictive Apprentice game.
By Rebecca Burn-Callander - 28/05/2009

Did you know?
Fascinating. Mind boggling. Terrifying. Time wasting. A five-minute video to get your mental juices flowing.
By Rebecca Burn-Callander - 26/05/2009

Entrepreneurs can change the world
Okay, okay. So, it's a silly inspirational video made in America that has a crappy piano score and some decent graphics. Real Business still gives it the thumbs up.
By Rebecca Burn-Callander - 26/05/2009

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Dragon Peter Jones says, "Clone me!"

By Rebecca Burn-Callander - July 03, 2009 11:28am GMT

Real Business spent an eventful cab ride with Dragons' Den's tallest investor earlier this week. Here's what he had to say about the recession, James Caan, his search for Peter Jones lookalikes and, most importantly, the next series of Dragons' Den.

Businesses to run in a recession: part three

By Rebecca Burn-Callander - July 02, 2009 4:43pm GMT

Even in a recession, a good entrepreneur is always on the look-out for the next hot spot. Don’t wait around for the upturn. These are the businesses you want to be in now.

Access takes another step towards sales target

By Catherine Woods - July 02, 2009 4:33pm GMT

Access founder Alistair O’Reilly has embarked on a “brand elevation” exercise as he aims to grow turnover at his consulting and software company to £100m.

Tech entrepreneur: "The banks won't lend you an umbrella when it rains"

By Rebecca Burn-Callander - July 02, 2009 4:22pm GMT

At a roundtable hosted by Dell this morning, Real Business heard three technology entrepreneurs talk about the challenges of growing a business during the recession. People aren't the problem, they say. It's the mindset of banks and other financial institutions that needs to change if we're to come out of recession.

Government fund provides a "timely injection of capital"

By Catherine Woods - July 02, 2009 4:06pm GMT

Octopus Ventures, which invests in entrepreneurial businesses, has welcomed the governments’ proposed £1bn innovation fund, saying it will support entrepreneurialism.

Brochures on Saving and investing

BUSINESS COMMENT >>

The first Apprentice wedding!

By Catherine Woods - July 03, 2009 2:35pm GMT

Well, well, well, look who’s engaged.

Sir Alan Sugar: "You're hired!"

By Rebecca Burn-Callander - July 01, 2009 1:12pm GMT

Great piece by The Telegraph's Richard Tyler today about the confirmed appointment of Sir Alan Sugar to the post of enterprise tsar. "A tentative date of July 20th has been pencilled in for his hairiness to don the rabbit fur," he says.

Pre-stained underwear: the next big thing?

By Rebecca Burn-Callander - June 22, 2009 2:54pm GMT

That's right. "Pre-stained". Suspend your disbelief for a moment. Canadian entrepreneur Philip Watson founded Easy Tiger Corp to peddle underwear that has been - ahem - ready-soiled, shall we say. And he reckons these nasty knickers will be a surefire hit with "the dudes".

It can only be... the Friday Funnies

By Rebecca Burn-Callander - June 12, 2009 12:16pm GMT

As swine flu hits the headlines for the second time, the swine flu jokes are just pouring in! Laugh till you oink, readers.

Jokes. Jokes. Jokes.

By Rebecca Burn-Callander - June 05, 2009 12:14pm GMT

Further to popular demand, this week we're devoting a whole section of our jokes blog to our hapless prime minister, Gordon Brown.

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