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Lessons from a ‘Best 100’ company: Hire on attitude, not skill

ED REEVES - FOUNDER & DIRECTOR , MONEYPENNY

Moneypenny is the biggest and fastest-growing company of its type in the world. Founded by sister and brother Rachel and Ed Reeves in 2000 from a £10,000 investment, so how have they and their team written a multimillion-pound global success story? We spoke to Ed to find out more…

Why businesses with ‘soul’ are magnetic

Josephine Fairley - Co-founder , Green & Black’s

The story of Green & Black’s shows that the courage to be different, together with a compelling adventure story, are key ingredients for commercial success…

Black swans & flying pigs: The story of one of Britain's fastest-growing start-ups...

Steve King & Hugo Amos - Founders , Black Swan

When you win Disney as your first client, you know you’re on the right track. The only question mark left is whether you can drive forward without crashing and burning…

Propercorn: From the simple to the sublime…

Cassandra Stavrou & Ryan Kohn - Founders , Propercorn

PROPERCORN’S HQ, buzzes with youthful energy. We strolled through the front door, past the doorbell emblazoned with the words ‘Done Properly’, to chat to co-founders Cassandra Stavrou and Ryan Kohn about how it all began…

The Marines gave me the determination you need to make it as an entrepreneur

Former Royal Marine Commando Sean Taylor has built a business, Zip World, which is flying high. He believes that his elite forces background has given him the tools he needs to carry on accelerating while still keeping everything in perspective…

“I took the worst job I could find and then everything fell into place”

Ed Hollands - Founder , DrivenMedia

Aged 21, Ed Hollands deliberately accepted a job from hell to fire his brain into coming up with a great business idea. A year later he’d built DrivenMedia from scratch, then he stepped into the Dragon’s Den…

Dragons’ Den’s Jenny Campbell: “If people lack self-belief, energy and attitude, you won’t believe in them.”

Jenny Campbell - Entrepreneur & Investor , Dragons' Den

CLIC meets Jenny Campbell to hear all about her incredible journey from banker to entrepreneur to dragon…

You’re fired! But can I have a 50% stake in your business, please?

Susie Ma - Founder , Tropic

How Susie Ma used her appearance on The Apprentice as a catalyst to become one of the UK’s most successful young female entrepreneurs

“It feels like we cheated the system – entrepreneurship is meant to be risky”

Charlie Green - The Office Group , Co-founder

Charlie Green doesn’t believe he ever took a risk while co-creating his £500m business, The Office Group. “We just did what made sense,” he says. And he has some simple advice for anyone thinking of following in his footsteps…

CLIC talks to Jordan Daykin, the youngest success story from Dragons’ Den

Jordan Daykin - Founder , GripIt

How Jordan Daykin, the youngest success story from Dragons’ Den, overcame bullying as a teenager to build a £20m business…

“Being a mum has made me a better businesswoman”

Alice Hall - Founder , Pink Boutique

Pink Boutique sprang from a mother-daughter relationship. Now a new experience of motherhood is leading to even greater success for this Sunday Times Fast Track 100 business…

“I was working from my dining room table. My competitor had 68,000 employees. But I won the pitch.”

Paul Sachs - Founder , CaseLines

How Paul Sachs’ start-up was awarded a multimillion-pound contract and masterminded a step change in our justice system…

“What I’ve learned from building two multimillion-pound consultancies”

Pip Peel - Founder , P2 Consulting

Pip Peel built a £40m business from his bedroom. Now he’s using his experience to do it all over again – but on a whole new level…

The Pact Coffee Story: A Team On A Mission

Paul Turton - MD , Pact Coffee

Pact Coffee’s obsession with quality is the driving force behind every inch of its business. It’s a great example of how a powerful sense of mission gives organisations an immediate competitive advantage…

Six business lessons you need to succeed…

Keith Bradshaw - Founder , Listers

Former accountant Keith Bradshaw, 74, is one of Britain’s most prolific and successful entrepreneurs. Here are Keith’s top six business insights…

“Son, why don’t you just get a job?”

Ingvar Gudmundsson - Founder , SimplyBook.Me.

How Ingvar Gudmundsson ignored his Mum – and kept fighting during the wilderness years – to build a dotcom powerhouse…

Jacqueline Gold’s four tips for women in business

Jacqueline Gold CBE - CEO , Ann Summers

Jacqueline Gold CBE, CEO of Ann Summers, gives her 4 top tips for women in business exclusively to the BDLN…

What we can learn from the UK’s fastest-growing pub business

Chris Hill - Founder , New World Trading Company

New World Trading Company is the UK’s fastest-growing pub business. It has graced the Sunday Times Fast Track 100 list for three years, and appears in the top 10 of the Best 100 Companies to Work For. Chris has not only found a winning commercial formula but he has done so with a happy, motivated set of workers. We met with Chris to see what we could learn about how he’s achieved such success…

“How my family’s South London cash-and-carry inspired me to build a multimillion-pound tech start-up”

Vishal Marria - Founder , Quantexa

As a child in his parent’s humble shop, Vishal Marria, learned big lessons that have been fundamental to the success of his company, Quantexa…

“When you keep banging your head and it bleeds, stop banging and move on”

Sally Preston - Founder , Kiddylicious

How Sally Preston successfully bounced back from a decade of disappointment and frustration to build an extraordinary global brand worth £27m…

“I remember thinking: ‘I’ve hit rock bottom; things can’t get any worse’”

Andrew Tomlinson - Founder , Andrew James

Andrew Tomlinson suffered many years of abject poverty before building his £25m turnover company. His story demonstrates that businesses often mean so much more to entrepreneurs than mere commercial enterprises. They frequently come with part of the founder’s soul attached…

The amazing story of Britain’s most entrepreneurial accountant

Keith Bradshaw - Founder , Listers

He was a school dropout who became a trainee chartered accountant, before building several multi-million-pound companies, all while battling the effects of a life-threatening stroke. Keith Bradshaw has one hell of a story to tell…

“Forget about today. Ask yourself ‘Will your business still be relevant in three years?’”

Edwin Bessant - Founder & CEO , Ceuta Group

Do you remember Hannibal from the A-Team? Well, Edwin Bessant, CEO of Ceuta Group, is the Hannibal of the business world. And, just like George, his plan is coming together and he’s loving it…

The recipe that’s fired PureGym's founder to success…

Peter Roberts - Founder , PureGym

PureGym is the UK’s leading budget gym with more than 170 sites and a turnover of £160 million. As a start-up that beat its original business plan budget by 200%, we had to speak to founder, Peter Roberts to understand just how he’s done it…

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