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Danny Chapchal: musical chair

Danny Chapchal likes nothing more than lending his experience to the founders of young or troubled businesses – well, nothing except losing himself in his collection of 17,500 CDs. Wealth Management / Tuesday, 3rd November 2009

Innovators need support, says Dragons' Den winner

Since attracting investment of £60,000 from Richard Farleigh and Duncan Bannatyne on BBC show Dragons’ Den, entrepreneur Rob Kinna’s phone has barely stopped ringing. The trouble is, the people who are so keen to talk to him now are the very same who turned down his earlier requests for help. Achieving Growth / Tuesday, 31st July 2007

Full steam ahead at Raymarine

Having recently been crowned Chief Executive of the Year at 2006 Quoted Company Awards, Malcolm Millar continues to drive Raymarine, the provider of hi-tech products for the leisure boat industry, forward at a rate of knots. Achieving Growth / Wednesday, 1st March 2006

Manufacturing stars

Britain might not be the manufacturing behemoth it once was, but what it lacks in scale it certainly makes up for in expertise and innovation. GrowthBusiness tracks down a band of pioneering UK manufacturing players with exciting global prospects. Achieving Growth / Monday, 19th September 2005

Francis eyes Zenith renaissance

‘We were already in the nursery sector, but not in a big way,’ explains Ringo Francis, chairman and chief executive of cleaning products supplier Zenith Hygiene – a business he believes can reach £100 million of annual sales within four years. Achieving Growth / Friday, 19th August 2005

A little help for manufacturers

Oldham-based Innovative Technology, which designs and manufactures a range of low-cost bank note validators, employs 150 people and has a turnover of £15 million. Achieving Growth / Saturday, 1st May 2004

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