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Best of real business 18/08/2007
Best of real business

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Reducing your carbon footprint Reducing your carbon footprint

“Carbon cutting” is starting to affect every area of our lives. Whether it’s buying a product in a supermarket that bears a carbon reduction label or reducing our carbon footprint in other ways, most of us now appreciate the urgency of the matter.

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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.

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From shiny noses to acne: teenage skincare, it’s an £850m market.

When Lianne Miller launched the Young & Pure range in 2006, the ex-business consultant knew nothing about skincare. Now her teen toiletry business is looking at a £1m-turnover in its second year.


By Rebecca Burn-Callander


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