For almost everyone reading this blog, there will be one person, whether a teacher, a friend or someone in business, who has given you a vital leg up at one stage in your life and without whom you would not have done so well.

As final year students are in the last stages of their degree, they could be forgiven for wondering why they are even bothering. The latest UK statist...

Maybe my path to entrepreneurialism was more a default necessity out of the fact that I wasn't very good at being someone else's employee, combined with this constant thirst to 'disrupt' and ultimately, and most importantly...luck.

While I do believe entrepreneurs can be made, rather than being born to do it, there are some personality traits I think it is vital people who are setting up their own business have. Patience and determination are at the top of my list.

There's no doubt it's a tough time to be a young person. With the world economy continuing to falter, uncertainty is everywhere and prospects for school and university leavers look bleak. But I think now, more than ever, we need to have confidence in, and encourage, young people.

Yet more news about people having low job satisfaction this week. Not for the first time, I count myself lucky that after years of hard work and putti...

Have you ever wondered if you've got what it takes to be a world-class entrepreneur? Well wonder no more - research from several quarters suggests...

British industry has had a rough few years. We are losing the race when it comes to manufacturing cars, textiles and commodities to China, the Far Eas...

I run a company. Virtually every day I do something that is designed to either enhance the reputation of that company, or to increase its market position. I'm more than comfortable with this, in fact I (secretly) quite enjoy it.

Despite desperately disappointing growth forecasts from the Bank of England today, a number of retail sectors are predicted to enjoy an Olympic li...