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This is Social Commerce, by Guy Clapperton
Jonathan Reed, managing director at Sunny Thinking, has a look through This is Social Commerce by Guy Clapperton to find out if the latest offering on social media sheds any new light.
Li-Fi: technology of the future
Data could soon be transmitted using the power of light following recent development work by a University of Edinburgh spin-out business.
Setting up a travel business: Andrew Dunn
Andrew Dunn, who started up luxury tour operator Scott Dunn aged 22 with a £5,000 bank loan, has experienced some ups and downs on the way to building a £25 million turnover business.
Inspector gadget
A new mobile phone marketed as ‘smarter than a smartphone’ has hit the market, and it’s targeted at the chief executive who fancies himself as a bit of a James Bond.
Taking bold risks
Victoria Pooley, owner and joint managing director of The Data Partnership, tells GrowthBusiness about her best business decision.
Test-tube meat
Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal could soon be dishing up a burger with a difference – a £210,000 ‘test- tube’ burger.
Missed opportunities: Jack Kaye
Serial entrepreneur Jack Kaye has gone from running Southern Cellular, to supplying breast cancer screening technology. He tells GrowthBusiness about his learning experiences along the way.
The Only Scootercase
To provide city workers with a faster way of negotiating the crowds, US-based Hammacher Schlemmer has come out with the Only Scootercase, fusing a traditional scooter with the needs of today's business people.
Next Minute
After guiding Lastminute.com to a £577 million sale in 2005, Brent Hoberman hasn’t stopped working with young ventures. GrowthBusiness finds out what makes one of the UK’s original web entrepreneurs tick.
Liquipel nano-coating
Water and technology seldomly go well together, but new technology could yet marry the two.
Rescue services
It takes a shrewd customer to make rapid returns at a time of anaemic growth. GrowthBusiness meets Jon Moulton to find out how he intends to make the best of a bad situation.
Business builders
The 2012 Power Top 50 ranking from Business XL magazine identifies the most innovative and influential UK entrepreneurs and investors.
Spice girl: Pinky Lilani
Pinky Lilani set up Spice Magic in 2000. She now believes that she should have built up a stronger brand for the cooking and lifestyle business.
From corporate to catering: David Bloom
David Bloom, co-founder of executive search company fdu group, cut his teeth in financial roles before starting out on his own. He charts his lessons learned, from corporate life to kebabs
Sideline to mainline
Sarah Anglim, managing director at Meteor Parking, tells GrowthBusiness that leaving her law career behind ended up being her best business decision.
Sanjeev Ahuja on fostering entrepreneurs
GrowthBusiness talks to Sanjeev Ahuja, president of the UK chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) about the best ways to promote entrepreneurship.
Lots of potential
Despite starting his company, MadBid.com, in 2008 during uncertain times Juha Koski has grown the business to a stage where it is posting a turnover of around £15 million.
Growing financials: Richard Wright
Richard Wright grew financial recruitment firm Martin Ward Anderson’s turnover from £1 million to £50 million before starting again.
Good for business
Many owner-managers run their business for reasons other than money and glory. We profile five people who have put good causes at the heart companies.
Oiling the wheels of behavioural change
Keith Brown, chief executive of mobile payments service Paythru, declares that his company is ‘not out to change the world’. Instead, he aims to alter consumer behaviour by ‘oiling the wheels’ of change.
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