Capitalise on a cosy connection with suppliers
By Catherine Woods
Resin Surfaces managing director Ivy Wroe learnt first hand just how important it is to maintain a good relationship with suppliers when a resin shortage threatened sales.

Top ten product launches
By Real Business
Apple's iPhone must be one of the most unforgettable product launches in history. People were salivating over the multimedia and internet-enabled touchscreen mobile phone months before it even hit the shelves. But's it's not the only product to be launched with a bang...

Reggae Reggae Sauce entrepreneur on slaying Dragons 
By Kate Pritchard
A year ago, Levi Roots sang his way to a £50k investment on Dragons’ Den. Speaking at The Entrepreneurs’ Summit yesterday, the Afro Caribbean entrepreneur behind Reggae Reggae Sauce says he wishes he didn’t have to “slay so many dragons” to get funding.

Gary Dutton's no Secret Millionaire
By Kate Pritchard
Behind the scenes at The Entrepreneurs' Summit, manufacturing tycoon Gary Dutton reveals why he turned down a chance to appear on the small screen.

BBC to launch new business TV series in the autumn
By Rebecca Burn-Callander
Real Business can reveal that the BBC is to air a new-concept business programme in September, in which entrepreneurs have to start again from scratch. One young entrepreneur, Dan McGuire, has already turned down the opportunity to appear.

Philip Green: business is "horrible"
By Matthew Rock
Retail entrepreneur Sir Philip Green says conditions are as tough as he's ever seen.

Old boys’ club vs. the cool kids
By Rebecca Burn-Callander
Non-stop drinking and dancing? Flowing champagne? All in a day’s work for Vanquish Wine founders Jimmy Metta and David Elghanayan.

Hot 100: marketing and media firms in rapid growth
By Real Business
Nine companies from the media and marketing sector are among the UK’s fastest growing privately owned companies listed in the 2008 Real Business/LDC Hot 100 league table.

Consolidation to help 2e2’s sales figures
By Catherine Woods
2e2 chief executive Terry Burt wasn’t afraid to change the IT service provider’s strategy when he realised the company’s original tactics were no longer achieving an optimal number of sales.

PR appointment marks next step in development
By Catherine Woods
Fit for Sport founder Dean Horridge has hired a PR firm to raise brand awareness of the child health specialist and to ensure the right messages are being promoted.