http://www.realbusiness.co.uk Real Business - Connecting and insipiring entrepreneurs en-gb http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/images/realbusiness_logo.gif http://www.realbusiness.co.uk http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5264676/dun-deal.thtml 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? Read

]]> charles dunstone entrepreneur carphone warehouse best buy 2008-05-09T17:09:20+01:00 Matthew Rock http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5264676/dun-deal.thtml http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5262331/the-apprentice-sir-alans-youthful-indiscretions.thtml Two go, but between the lines something even more interesting... Read

]]> the apprentice jennifer maguire sir alan sugar sir alan lee mcqueen 2008-05-07T22:07:26+01:00 Matthew Rock http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5262331/the-apprentice-sir-alans-youthful-indiscretions.thtml http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5260741/bojo-bags-mayor.thtml Boris Johnson beat Ken by 140,000 votes. Mop trounces baldie. But now the brilliant buffoon is in power, RB has one question. Can we call him Mojo? Read

]]> boris have i got news for you spectator soapbox cbi 2008-05-06T15:01:11+01:00 Rebecca Burn-Callander http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5260741/bojo-bags-mayor.thtml http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5258101/why-this-is-a-long-weekend.thtml This year, International Labour Day seems strangely appropriate. Read

]]> samuel fielden labour day international labour day may 1 origins 2008-05-02T16:02:53+01:00 Matthew Rock http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5258101/why-this-is-a-long-weekend.thtml http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5258011/how-to-win-public-sector-contracts.thtml In this year’s Budget, Chancellor Alistair Darling pledged to do more to help small businesses win government contracts. Read

]]> small business john wright alistair darling federation of small businesses public sector contracts 2008-05-02T14:52:55+01:00 Catherine Woods http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5258011/how-to-win-public-sector-contracts.thtml http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5257001/the-apprentice-the-pitbull-bites-the-dust.thtml Sir Alan gives Kevin the boot, and not a moment too soon. Read

]]> kevin environmentalist apostrophe sir alan raef bjayou 2008-05-01T11:14:27+01:00 Rebecca Burn-Callander http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5257001/the-apprentice-the-pitbull-bites-the-dust.thtml http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5256526/the-apprentice-sneak-preview.thtml If, like us, you can barely wait for tonight's entrepreneurial action (hmmm), you could always check out the preview. Read

]]> michael sophocles sir alan sugar the apprentice jenny celerier youre fired 2008-04-30T17:32:27+01:00 Matthew Rock http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5256526/the-apprentice-sneak-preview.thtml http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5256166/peter-jones-meets-his-match.thtml Unbeknownst to the Dragon, Gremlins have attacked his business! Can Peter Jones save his vital files from those pesky little critters?! Read

]]> dragon peter jones dragons den eighties gremlin 2008-04-30T13:59:30+01:00 Rebecca Burn-Callander http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5256166/peter-jones-meets-his-match.thtml http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5252511/are-you-the-future-of-british-business.thtml Private jets, chateaux, cognac – sometimes it’s hard work being a business hack. Read

]]> cognac the future 500 entrepreneur courvoisier jamie murray wells 2008-04-28T16:44:22+01:00 Catherine Woods http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5252511/are-you-the-future-of-british-business.thtml http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5247681/wesley-snipes-vs-the-taxman.thtml It’s a shame they’re not fighting it out Blade-style. Can you imagine it? Snipes, clad top-to-toe in PVC, delivers a high kick that sends Taxman’s glasses shattering to the floor. Taxman retaliates with a tsunami of paper, plunging a pen in his eye. Read

]]> snipes denzel washington demolition man daily mirror woody harrelson 2008-04-25T15:57:44+01:00 Rebecca Burn-Callander http://www.realbusiness.co.uk/business-comment/5247681/wesley-snipes-vs-the-taxman.thtml