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Luke Johnson: The entrepreneur

Luke Johnson has made a fortune from pizzerias, bars, gaming, parcel delivery and dental surgeries, and he's also chairman of Channel 4. Marc Barber speaks to the UK 's most restless entrepreneur Business Leaders / Wednesday, 19th September 2007

Marketing emails fall prey to spam filter

A quarter of legitimate marketing emails still fail to make it to users’ inboxes, according to research by software supplier Lyris Technologies. The study also found that the proportion of permission-based emails delivered to junk mail folders by European internet service providers (ISPs) has shot up to 20.4 per cent, compared to 7.6 per cent last quarter. Marketing & Sales / Thursday, 30th August 2007

Living in denial

Success breeds confidence, but you need to be sure that pride doesn’t overwhelm your business acumen. Many good careers – and fortunes – have been ruined by an inability to accept reality, writes Chris Ingram. Leadership & Management / Thursday, 23rd August 2007

James Brown: From lads to riches

Inspired by musicians, writers and football managers, James Brown is an outsider who loves popular culture. After a period away from the limelight, he’s finally itching to start another project. Business Leaders / Tuesday, 17th July 2007

Getting through the net

As many as nine out of every ten emails sent are now blocked by spam filters, according to Hotmail. These simple tips should help you ensure that legitimate messages to customers are not lumped together with the billions of spam emails sent every day. Technology in Business / Friday, 22nd June 2007

Mark Smith: What I wish I'd known

Chief executive Mark Smith joined email marketing specialist TMN Media in 2003, initiating a fierce acquisition strategy that culminated in the addition of online advertising agency EDR and market research company The iD Factor. Achieving Growth / Monday, 30th April 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. Business Leaders / Friday, 2nd February 2007

How to get results from exhibitions

Some business chiefs swear by the benefits reaped from exhibitions, while others say it’s all a waste of money.   Marketing & Sales / Friday, 2nd February 2007

Small businesses fail to see brand value

Over a third of small businesses in the UK admit to having no brand values, according to a survey by Microsoft UK. In addition, 35 per cent of the small firms questioned failed to acknowledge the strategic impact of marketing on their business Research News / Thursday, 25th January 2007

So what is Web 2.0?

Michael Murphy, CEO of Friends Reunited, reveals his thoughts on 'social computing'. Michael joined the world famous internet brand after achieving a management buy-in from the founders in February 2003. He is also a non-executive director of Datamonitor. Technology in Business / Monday, 27th November 2006

In a room with Vue

Vue’s management buy-out positioned the UK’s second largest cinema chain to play a leading role in the transformation of cinematic entertainment. Business Leaders / Tuesday, 19th September 2006

Pay-per-click advertising

Internet advertising has rapidly come of age. Just six years ago estimates suggested that the then infant medium accounted for only one per cent of total UK advertising spend. By the end of 2006, global media buying agency GroupM predicts this will have risen to 13.3 per cent (or £12.2 billion annually). Marketing & Sales / Wednesday, 30th August 2006

Bootstrap your way to riches

Internet companies in early 2000 could raise capital in just two meetings and the deal would be closed in six weeks. Their track record was appalling. Start-up Finance / Wednesday, 19th July 2006

Accelerating growth: Incisive

Tim Weller didn’t consider acquisitions for several years after starting his publishing company – then called City Financial – in 1995. Then he set his sights on entering and new markets and the deals began flow. Business Leaders / Tuesday, 11th July 2006

Mobile marketing

Now that 90 per cent of the UK population own a mobile phone, marketing through text messaging is fast becoming an integral part of many businesses’ strategy. After all, people carry their phones with them everywhere and text messages are always read. But how can you make the most of this clever marketing tool without pestering potential customers or annoying your existing ones? Marketing & Sales / Tuesday, 20th June 2006

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