Legends - Interviews with Successful British Entrepreneurs

Tuesday 19th June 2007

Changing the business climate

Irregular weather patterns suggest the environment isn’t quite what it should be. Top-level entrepreneurs recently met the CEOs of three international charities to come up with ways to tackle climate change. Read More

Tuesday 29th May 2007

Charged with success

Simon Daniel is a little bit strange. He says things like: ‘Fifteen billion batteries a year are made and thrown away. I worked that out the other day to be the equivalent to a column of batteries going to the moon and back.’ Read More

Tuesday 15th May 2007

Cut and thrust

For some entrepreneurs, buying a business is not only a full-time occupation – it’s a pastime as well. Bristol-based entrepreneurs Arron Banks and John Gannon tell Andrew Chilvers about serial deal making. Read More

Wednesday 2nd May 2007

The last laugh

'Shall we talk in the igloo?’ says Deirdre Bounds, teetotal ex-comedienne on the Northern nightclub circuit and founder of Horsforth-based travel business i-to-i. Read More

Tuesday 27th March 2007

Lager than life

From meagre and untimely beginnings in recession-hit 1990, Karan Bilimoria tells GrowthBusiness how he has turned Cobra beer into a brand that is now sold in more than 45 countries. Read More

Friday 2nd February 2007

Reaching for the stars

Over the next two years, David Williams, who is founder and chief executive of Avanti Communications at just 37 years old, has €110 million (£66.2 million) to spend on launching a 2.5-ton satellite the size of a Land Rover Discovery. Read More

Wednesday 20th December 2006

Cooking up a storm

After taking Pizza Express into the FTSE 250, David Page is once again building national restaurant chains such as Gourmet Burger Kitchen and The Bombay Bicycle Club. The new business is called Clapham House and it’s one of Britain’s fastest-growing companies. Read More

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