Entrepreneurs

2003 articles

The skin doctors
Entrepreneurs Antony Buck and Robert Calcraft tell Colette Steckel why they see their natural skincare brand REN as the next big thing
The Chinese entrepreneur charges ahead
Alysha Webb argues that the recent investigations into private businessmen in Shanghai are unlikely to quell the entrepreneurial spirit in China although funding is still difficult to obtain
The culinary pioneer
Michelle Garnaut, the Australian founder and owner of the award-winning restaurants M at the Fringe in Hong Kong and M on the Bund in Shanghai, tells Colette Steckel about her success in the competitive restaurant business
Introducing a statement of style to the high street
Colette Steckel travels to Guernsey to meet Colyn Gardner and Liz Davies of the award-winning business, All in Black
Inspiring interiors for kids
Amanda Heath, of children's interiors company WigwamKids, tells Colette Steckel why decorating children's rooms is big business
The smoothie operators
Catherine Chetwynd talks to Innocent Drinks co-founder Richard Reed about how he and two friends wanted to create the UK's favourite little juice company
The Italian gastronome
Anna Venturi, owner of cookery school Italian Secrets, tells Colette Steckel how she started a business out of her love for Italian food

Meeting the demands of women in business
Karen Gill co-founded the virtual business, Everywoman, to provide an Internet resource for female entrepreneurs. Catherine Chetwynd finds out how the business has fared in the world of Internet boom and bust
Making waves
Many high rollers hanker for a life on the ocean wave and Robert Braithwaite is the man to provide it if, that is, you've got the sea legs and wallet for it
Cue guitars
In spite of an acute allergy to certain types of wood, Roger Bucknall has managed to sustain a successful career in the music business. John Prosser reports

A fall from grace
Julian Ryall reviews the Livedoor case and asks whether Japan Inc should now expect tougher financial regulatory controls as a result of the scandal
Start-ups? It's a sex thing
Why don’t women seize the same business start-up opportunities as men? asks Michelle Perry
Have they sold their souls?
Faith Glasgow reports on the quandary faced by the founders of small ethical companies when it comes to bringing their products into the mainstream by accessing the superior marketing and distribution network of a multi-national
Empire building
Being an entrepreneur is never easy. But, as Lesley Meall discovers, your accounting qualification and experience can also help boost your chances of success

The hot European
Stefan Stern talks to Lynda Gratton
Business angels
What are the pros and cons of using a business angel as opposed to the more conventional channels of investment like venture capital and bank loans? Faith Glasgow investigates
Finding the badger's stripe
Ruth Badger, runner-up in the BBC business programme, The Apprentice, is interviewed by Sharon Garfinkel
The Caatalyst
When the entrepreneurial bug bit Charlie Watson, he ventured into the profit recovery business. John Prosser meets...
Funding innovation
Richard Willsher asks why innovation matters in business and looks at how companies might seek funding

Get rich quick
Such has been the growth in China's elite during the past decade that its super-rich are now multiplying at a much faster rate than those in the West, reports Peta Tomlinson. And they are getting younger too
Gain or pain?
Mike Truman looks at the likely impact of UK Chancellor Alistair Darling's proposed changes to capital gains tax (CGT)
The silver entrepreneur
Retirement no longer has the appeal it once had, says Faith Glasgow