Randox: growing an international company
By Melissa Hancock
Dr Peter Fitzgerald founded Randox Laboratories in 1982 with just two employees – his mum and dad. Today the clinical diagnostics company sells into 132 countries. So just how did he do it?
Selling to the DoD
By Dan Matthews
Rightly or wrongly, the UK no longer enjoys a reputation for military prowess, especially when it comes to equipment and infrastructure. But one company is flying the flag for British military engineering – and is doing a roaring trade with the Americans.
Going against the grain
By Melissa Hancock
What do you do when the price of the key resource that your business depends on increases by 25 per cent in a 12-month period?
Selling food to the French
By By Dan Matthews
Did anyone watch the episode of The Apprentice when the teams had to sell British food in a French street market?
Blue-rinse entrepreneurs make millions
By Kate Pritchard - March 04, 2008 5:41pm GMT
They started out selling their home-made chutney to the WI and school fetes. Now two mums-turned-mavericks have clinched a big-bucks deal with Waitrose to supply their luxury range of Anglo-Indian sauces.
Why school stinks
By Kate Pritchard - February 27, 2008 3:50pm GMT
Starting out with just a tool kit and a van, Charlie Mullins has built a £15m-turnover plumbing business, unblocking drains for the likes of Jonathan Ross, Eric Clapton and Gordon Ramsay. His biggest regret? “I left school when I was 15. I wish I’d escaped much earlier.”
The science of hiring good employees
By Rebecca Burn-Callander - February 27, 2008 2:15pm GMT
There’s no precise formula to hiring good people,” says Jason Stockwood, international MD of Match.com. “But I do have one piece of advice.”
Entrepreneurs and FDs go hand in hand
By Catherine Woods - February 26, 2008 4:12pm GMT
Employing a good finance director to keep a watchful eye on costs is the most important thing a fast-growing company can do, according to Vtesse Networks founder Aidan Paul.
Are the Poles petering out?
By Kate Pritchard - February 29, 2008 5:20pm GMT
Latest government stats would have you believe that the wave of Polish immigration is finally receding. Entrepreneur Steven Street thinks that’s a load of old tosh.
M&S makes pounds from plastic
By Kate Pritchard - February 28, 2008 5:33pm GMT
The beacon of British retail has gone and set another new trend. In a bid to save the environment, M&S will start charging shoppers for plastic bags.
I’m getting bored of Facebook
By Rebecca Burn-Callander - February 28, 2008 3:33pm GMT
It was pitched as a business phenomenon. Add your app. “Poke” your colleagues. Play Chess with clients. But now, we’ve gotta say – we’re just so over Facebook.
Top ten misleading adverts
By Rebecca Burn-Callander - February 27, 2008 3:35pm GMT
A new Nutella advert has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority for misleading consumers. Here are the RB top ten misleading adverts.
I’m getting bored of Facebook
It was pitched as a business phenomenon. Add your app. “Poke” your colleagues. Play Chess with clients. But now, we’ve gotta say – we’re just so over Facebook.
By Rebecca Burn-Callander
Divorce and kids' inheritance: lessons for entrepreneurs
On the day Heather Mills (just divorced from Paul McCartney) tells us that £35,000 a year isn't enough for four-year-old daughter Beatrice, Dragons' Den entrepreneur Peter Jones reveals how he'll be handling his kids' inheritance.
By Matthew Rock
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