Three young entrepreneurs make film history
By Rebecca Burn-Callander
Adrian Bliss, Ben Robbins and Toby Stubbs aren’t your run-of-the-mill teenagers. The three have just launched Buyacredit.com, a vehicle to sell film credits to individuals and businesses and raise £1m to fund their feature film.

The UK needs more entrepreneurs: Tim Campbell
By Catherine Woods
Entrepreneurialism will lift the UK out of the economic doldrums, according to Bright Ideas Trust founder and ex-Apprentice Tim Campbell.

Mike Clare: "Give start-ups a (tax) break"
By Kate Pritchard
Speaking at the Conservative party’s entrepreneurship policy discussion yesterday, Mike Clare – the Buckinghamshire-born entrepreneur behind bed specialist Dreams – hit out at the “off-putting” amount of red tape for small businesses.

Entrepreneur turns handyman
By Catherine Woods
Victoria Wills underwent a crash course in plumbing and electricity ahead of the launch of her boutique boot camp business in Devon.

Top ten tips for coming back from business failure
By Rebecca Burn-Callander
If your business runs into hot water this recession, fear not. Here's a list of handy tips that will have you back on your entrepreneurial feet before you know it.

Worried about the credit crunch? Start a new business
By Kate Pritchard
Presenter of BBC2’s Now I’m the Boss and founder of The Coaching Academy Jonathan Jay says a recession is the prime time to set up a new venture. “It’ll toughen you up,” he says. “It separates the men from the boys.”

A start-up's rough road to funding
By Real Business
What’s the difference between a porn baron and a venture capitalist? According to QuickTV, the venture capitalist won’t give you seed funding but the porn baron might.

Peter Jones, Gordon Brown and Martha Lane Fox support Enterprise Week
By Rebecca Burn-Callander
This year’s Enterprise Week boasts an A-list catalogue of ambassadors. Peter Jones, Martha Lane Fox, Jacqueline Gold and Michelle Mone will all be dispensing invaluable advice during the week.

Start-up wired for success
By Rebecca Burn-Callander
The beancounters reckon it will cost £28.8bn to set up every home in the UK with broadband. Simon MacDonald, founder of Kabel-X, a firm pioneering a revolutionary way to replace copper core with fibre optics, disagrees.

Working with a big company to scale your business
By Bindi Karia*
Despite the toughening economic climate, there’s still a buzz about what the startup community in the UK can achieve. The quality of ideas, the level of financial backing and the sheer drive and enthusiasm means that the building blocks are in place to turn promise into reality.