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The new Jawbone headset

Making calls on your mobile from construction sites or in noisy pubs has just got easier, according to Aliph, manufacturer of the newly relaunched Jawbone Bluetooth headset. The new Jawbone is half the size of the old model and promises to eliminate as much as 90 per cent of the unwanted background noise when you’re making a call. Wealth Management / Thursday, 5th June 2008

Christina Domecq: seriously connected

With a total of £100 million of VC investment, Christina Domecq is out to make her third company, Spinvox, a global technology business. We meet the ambitious 31-year-old. Business Leaders / Friday, 9th May 2008

Christian Nelleman: What I wish I’d known

Serial entrepreneur and high-flyer Christian Nelleman founded XLN Telecom in 2002 to offer an alternative telecoms service for small businesses. The company’s growth was phenomenal, advancing 800 per cent in the first year and has continued in the same vein. Achieving Growth / Thursday, 8th March 2007

Growing pains: Mobile Interactive Group

Barry Houlihan, managing director of mobile services provider Mobile Interactive Group (MIG), has created a £21 million turnover business in just over two years. Without careful management, this kind of accelerated growth can cause serious growing pains or, at worst, complete derailment. Houlihan explains how MIG has tackled the challenges that come with rapid growth. Achieving Growth / Monday, 25th September 2006

To buy or not to buy

Simon Rogan is in the enviable position of having founded and grown his company, Sirocom, without ever having to seek external financing. However, relying on its own resources is a limiting factor for growth, so the group is facing the dilemma of whether or not to seek external financing to expand more rapidly. Achieving Growth / Friday, 21st July 2006

HSO eyes rapid growth

Under the stewardship of managing director Chris Evans, HSO has rapidly blossomed into an established IT and telecoms services business generating annual sales in excess of £6 million and backed by the likes of Canary Wharf, Legal & General and Prudential. Achieving Growth / Monday, 17th April 2006

Gordon Robson's mobile ambition

Gordon Robson developed the UK’s first multi-chat telephone system, invented the concept of newspaper phone services and even pioneered telephone voting for television. Now he’s at the helm of Stream Group trying to reinvent the way we bank, pay bills and even place bets. Business Leaders / Friday, 3rd June 2005

Betting on BT

At a pivotal, cash-strapped moment in its history, internet services provider izR took the risk of investing £100,000 in a pioneering technology and committing to a daunting five-year contract with supplier BT. Achieving Growth / Wednesday, 1st December 2004

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