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Cultivating innovation
img 1 By Melissa Hancock
Home to 53 SMEs, Bedford i-lab is a hive of innovation and entrepreneurial activity. “We have companies producing gourmet pet food sitting cheek by jowl along with businesses that create computer hardware and medical devices,” explains manager Shaun Armstrong. 

March 31, 2008 3:45pm
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The next generation of office space
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Office space in train stations? New Zealand-born entrepreneur Hamish Edwards doesn’t think that’s such a crazy idea.

March 26, 2008 11:00am
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Optimise your office space
img 1 By Melissa Hancock
Office space is about much more than just tables and chairs. As David Back, MD of Artillery Architecture explains, there is a link between well designed offices and business performance.

March 11, 2008 8:03pm
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Myprotein.co.uk moves from lock-up to warehouse in four years
img 1 By Carryn Dewing
Oliver Cookson started his £2.2m turnover business, Myprotein.co.uk, in a 300 square foot lock-up in Cheadle. Today, his sports nutrition internet business spans across two warehouses and 25,000 feet.

March 07, 2008 12:45pm
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Refurbishment vs Relocation
img 1 By Melissa Hancock
So you’ve outgrown your office and it’s time to up and leave. Or so you thought. Advances in technology and the rise in homeworking mean that refurbishment is now a viable option.

March 05, 2008 4:41pm
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Smartbunker moves office space underground
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Smartbunker managing director Kelly Smith always thought an ex-nuclear bunker would make a great data centre so when one of NATO’s old sites came on the market, he snapped it up.

March 03, 2008 12:04pm
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Moving office: case study
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Practical tips on relocation, office space and moving a business. From real-life examples.

February 15, 2008 3:02pm
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New club provides office space
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Breaking out of the office space, and taking your business mobile? Or tired of being bound to your company desk and thinking of turning your living room into your office space?

February 15, 2008 12:12pm
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Moving office: Tungum's story
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Can the state of your office space affect business?

February 15, 2008 12:06pm
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Carpet tiles in the office
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Interface UK is in the business of giving office space a good grounding.

February 15, 2008 11:43am

BUSINESS NEWS >>

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


BUSINESS COMMENT >>

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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