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"I'd rather crawl naked over broken glass than sell to a supermarket"
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Entrepreneur Edward Perry, co-founder and CEO of Cook, rules out one route to market for his upmarket ready meals.

March 17, 2008 3:40pm
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Generational change occurs in family print business
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Entrepreneur Gary Mahoney moved Charterhouse from manufacturing to broking when he took over the family print business after his father retired.

March 11, 2008 4:52pm
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Anand Mahindra on business, family values
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As part of a women's business delegation to India, Real Business was privileged to hear Anand Mahindra, managing director of one of India's most successful family businesses, the Mahindra Group. Here are some extracts from his speech.

March 06, 2008 1:40pm
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Family ownership beats private equity, says family business chief
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Family firms are twice as valuable to the UK economy, compared to private equity-owned businesses, says Institute of Family Business chief Grant Gordon.

February 29, 2008 11:26am
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Family business and private equity: it can be a solution
By Stuart Rock
Family business Patisserie Valerie used private equity as a way forward

February 13, 2008 7:39pm
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Family business: John Timpson's eight laws of succession
By Stuart Rock
For every family business, succession is the big issue

February 13, 2008 7:33pm
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Family business profile: Berry Brothers & Rudd
By Stuart Rock
A family business that is more than 300 years old and still thriving

February 13, 2008 7:27pm
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Family business and the stock market
By Stuart Rock
A family business can be quoted on the stock market and not lose its character

February 13, 2008 7:23pm
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Family business profile: Warburton's
By Stuart Rock
An interview with a high-profile family business, the Warburton bakery

February 13, 2008 7:16pm
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Family business: why they fail
By Stuart Rock
Not every family business succeeds. The reasons for failure are usually obvious. But are they avoidable?

February 13, 2008 7:10pm

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Office Relocation: A ‘How To Guide’

By Real Business - May 15, 2008 4:09pm GMT

Office design and build specialist Morgan Lovell has helped thousands of companies successfully move into new workplaces. Here are its ten top tips to make office moves run like clockwork.

Heathrow's T5 was "the right move"

By Kate Pritchard - May 14, 2008 3:52pm GMT

Despite the public backlash, the 20,000 pieces of lost luggage and hundreds of cancelled flights, Asian entrepreneur Surinder Arora says the government was right to give British Airports Authority its blessing to expand Heathrow airport.

Vegan company brings meat to the masses

By Melissa Hancock - May 14, 2008 2:25pm GMT

Set up by a vegan father and daughter team in 2003, Beanies Health Foods has simultaneously cornered a niche and appealed to the mainstream by selling meat-replacement foods.

Divorce makes you a better investment, says Jon Moulton

By Stuart Rock - May 14, 2008 11:35am GMT

Divorce rates are an effective indicator of managerial capability, says private equity guru Jon Moulton

Jon Moulton warns of bad managers and a rise in crooked ones

By Stuart Rock - May 14, 2008 9:43am GMT

Jon Moulton of Alchemy Partners has lots of ways of spotting bad managers

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The Apprentice: that's what I'm talking about

By Matthew Rock - May 14, 2008 10:40pm GMT

Why it's a really important programme and we'll continue writing about it.

Simon Woodroffe gets “down with the kids”

By Rebecca Burn-Callander - May 14, 2008 5:45pm GMT

At a Skill! event held at the Merril Lynch offices in St Paul’s today, the Yo! Sushi founder entertained students and teachers alike. But did he go too far?

Women entrepreneurs: the statistics

By Catherine Woods - May 12, 2008 5:09pm GMT

The government’s released some fascinating statistics today about female entrepreneurs and what they’re getting out of starting up on their own.

Dun Deal

By Matthew Rock - May 09, 2008 5:09pm GMT

As Carphone Warehouse founder Charles Dunstone flogs half his retail estate for £1bn to Best Buy, we ask: what kind of entrepreneur is the chipper one?

The Apprentice: Sir Alan's youthful indiscretions

By Matthew Rock - May 07, 2008 10:07pm GMT

Two go, but between the lines something even more interesting...

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