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John Cleese, Video Arts

Meeting menaces: The Waffler

More tips from John Cleese, who reveals how to stop a waffler in full flow.

John Cleese, Video Arts

Meeting menaces: The Interruptor

John Cleese reveals how to deal with serial interruptors without giving in or getting into a fight.

John Cleese, Video Arts

Meeting menaces: The Dominator

Some advice from John Cleese about how to deal with people who throw their weight around in meetings.

Jamie's Kitchen part 4

Jamie's Kitchen part four

Jamie Oliver's team of fresh-faced recruits meets the ultimate challenge.

Jamie Oliver part three

Jamie's Kitchen part three

Jamie Oliver has to deal with a crisis in the kitchen as his team learn an important lesson about accountability.

Jamie Oliver part two

Jamie's Kitchen part two

In the second part of this series on leadership, chef Jamie Oliver takes his team of volunteers through some early challenges.

Jamie Oliver

Jamie's Kitchen part one

An insight into building a team with chef Jamie Oliver.

Theo Paphitis, Dragons' Den

Modernise and save money

Dragons' Den's Theo Paphitis and others discuss the help available to businesses to cut down on energy guzzling and trim costs.

Fiona Dawe, Youthnet

Social entrepreneur: Fiona Dawe

Fiona Dawe, CEO of online-only young people's advice service Youthnet, explains how the internet has driven the social enterprise's success.

Julia Ashley, Central & Cecil

Social entrepreneur: Julia Ashley

Speed and ease of putting new ideas into action is vital for Julia Ashley, new business director at London-based housing association and care provider Central and Cecil.

Jerome Couturier, ESCP Europe

Breaking into foreign markets

Jerome Couturier, associate professor in international management at ESCP Europe Business School, looks at how companies can expand overseas without overextending themselves.

Tim Campbell, Bright Ideas Trust

Social entrepreneur: Tim Campbell

Apprentice winner Tim Campbell explains why his social enterprise, the Bright Ideas Trust, doesn't 'give money away'.

Benita Refson, The Place2Be

Social entrepreneur: Benita Refson

Not-for-profit enterprises have no excuse to be less efficient than conventional businesses, argues Benita Refson, chief executive of school-based learning organisation The Place2Be. 

Interview with Nigel Lacy

Nigel Lacy, co-founder of young driver insurance specialist Young Marmalade, explains the concept of the business and its success in being completely web-based.

Andrew Cameron, London's Air Ambulance

Social entrepreneur: Andrew Cameron

Andrew Cameron, chief executive of London’s Air Ambulance, explains how the organisation’s independence has helped it achieve its goal of reducing deaths from road accidents.

Q&A with Peter Jones

At BT Business Experience 2009, entrepreneurs and owner-managers were able to ask Dragons' Den supremo Peter Jones about technology, branding and how to start a business in a recession. 

Social entrepreneur: Liam Black

Liam Black, co-founder of leadership development organisation Wavelength Communications, explains how the downturn is creating a harsher environment for social enterprises.

Charlotte Di Corpo, Save The Children

Social entrepreneur: Charlotte Di Corpo

Charlotte Di Corpo, funding manager of Save the Children, explains why the charity is investing in smaller enterprises.

Research

  • Growth Company Investor, in association with the London Stock Exchange, presents the most wide-ranging and detailed examination of the AIM market: AIM in Review 2010.

M&A on AIM 2009

M&A on AIM 2009 research - carried out by Business XL, details all the latest acquisition trends on AIM.

Institutional Investors in AIM 2009

Big-hitting institutions are getting behind AIM companies, with a higher share in the market than they held two years ago. This report reveals the leading investors on AIM, providing an in-depth analysis of the junior market's changing landscape. Read more

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AIM Guide 2009/2010

The 2009/2010 AIM Guide contains essential information for anyone interested in the Alternative Investment Market.

Business XL

Business XL is written by leaders for leaders. The magazine is a fountain of inside information and knowledge, which can only be delivered by people who have started, bought and grown their own business.

M&A Magazine

M&A Magazine is the leading mid-market monthly corporate finance publication in the UK.

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Events Calendar

Rosenblatt New Energy Awards 2010

25th February, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD

The Media Magnate Awards 2009

26th March, Vinopolis, London

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Enterprise-class e-commerce for mid-sized businesses

Online shopping has become ubiquitous and has changed customers' expectations. But how can mid-sized companies tackle e-commerce?

View now the ATG webinar with Forrester Research to find out how enterprise-class e-commerce can work for you. Click here to find out more

Entrepreneurship at London Business School

Develop your entrepreneurial capabilities with London Business School’s Entrepreneurship programmes. For innovators and investors, the Growing your Business and Financing the Entrepreneurial Business programmes allow you to build upon your skills, and provide you with the knowledge and frameworks to maximise your business opportunities. Find out more.

Barclays Business Start Up Account

Everything you need in one place from help with planning to getting more customers, to FREE seminars and a credit checking service to help you get paid quicker. Plus, up to 2 years FREE banking (conditions apply). Apply online