FD watch – Paul Doona
by Catherine Woods - Thursday, 26th June 2008 -
Paul Doona has resigned as finance director of recruitment and outsourcing outfit Network Group Holdings.
He has been replaced by Nigel Bacon.
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.
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.
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.
