Sara Davies, a familiar face from the hit show ‘Dragons’ Den’, has opened up about the hurdles her £37 million arts and crafts company, Crafter’s Companion, has encountered in recent years. The 39-year-old entrepreneur is candid about the tough times her company is enduring and her relentless efforts to navigate through them. Crafter’s Companion, a […]
Former Formula One champion Nico Rosberg, known for his triumph over Lewis Hamilton in the 2016 world championship before his retirement, is now steering into a new domain: asset management. The 38-year-old has recently secured €30 million in funding to launch Rosberg Ventures. Rosberg Ventures, dubbed a “fund of funds,” is poised to invest in […]
Husband and wife, Ian and Louise Toal from Much Wenlock in Shropshire secured a £50,000 investment for a 35% share of their company from fashion retail entrepreneur and investor, Touker Suleyman on BBC One’s Dragons’ Den, for their award-winning range of smoothie drinks for dogs. Furr Boost was the inspiration of Louise who, for over […]
International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women, yet a lot more still needs to boost opportunities for young girls and tackle gender equality in the workplace. Fortunately Sarah Jones and Jeannette Linfoot, two businesswomen who have worked hard throughout their careers to tackle such issues, […]
The technology group Dyson has paid a £1.2bn dividend to the Singapore-based family holding company of its founder. The pro-Brexit entrepreneur Sir James Dyson moved the group’s corporate headquarters to the city state in 2019, attributing the decision to the growing importance of supply chains and customers in Asia. Filings published in Singapore’s corporate registry […]
Rupert Murdoch, the Australian-born media mogul known for his towering influence over British media and politics, has announced his retirement, marking an end to a career that has shaped the UK’s media landscape for more than half a century. Murdoch first ventured onto UK shores in 1969, acquiring the struggling tabloid News of the World. […]
Maz Darvish has announced he has left his role as Chief Transformation Officer at Sweatband.com, the company he co-founded in 2000, and has launched an e-commerce focussed AI-Technology business named CognitionHub.com With a track record of founding, scaling, and successfully exiting multiple e-commerce and digital marketing businesses, Darvish will serve as the Chief Executive Officer […]
In the realm of successful entrepreneurs, one name that unmistakably stands out is Barbara Corcoran. This multi-millionaire real estate tycoon, renowned for her role in the hit TV show Shark Tank, recently revealed a less-known fact about her. She candidly spoke about her dyslexia, a learning disorder she has battled since her childhood, on a […]
Serial entrepreneur and philanthropist, Sir Tom Hunter, is calling for a corporation tax rate of 15 per cent for life sciences and medical technologies and software, big data and AI. Hunter, who sold first business, Sports Division, for £290m, was speaking following the publication of a new report entitled ‘Lessons from Ireland for Scotland’s economy’. […]
Sam Wood, a final year student studying Film Production at the University of Salford and entrepreneur, has launched Salford Media Works, an all-inclusive creative content agency expected to disrupt the media and marketing sector, thanks to the support of Launch@ Salford. Launch, Salford Business School’s purpose-built incubation space, is designed to support Salford students and […]