I don’t have any money in Northern Rock, but i do have friends who do, well did, they have drawn it all out now!
But if you are worried about the Northern Rock crisis at the moment, take a look at Martin Lewis’ (Money Saving Expert) Q&A to Northern Rock here.
After visiting the website today, the […]

 
UKpreneur speaks with small business guru George Derbyshire about when being an eBay enthusiast crosses over into a taxable business operation.
Selling any unwanted possessions on auction websites like eBay can be a good way to make a bit of extra dosh.
Yet if you become a little too successful or too regular a seller, HM Revenue & […]

 
Budget airlines are all the rage today. You can fly to Nice for less than the price of a train fare from London to Manchester. But budget airways haven’t always been a sure-fire winner. As Freddie Laker learned to his cost. In 1982 – not a million years ago – Laker Airways, the first ever […]

 
While critics have always been keen to brand Sir Alan Sugar’s Amstrad a one-product company, he’s not done too badly for himself over the years. Worth an estimated £800 million, Sir Alan’s fortune comes from his business empire which has experienced its fair share of ups and downs over the years.

In 1988, Amstrad’s new PC2000 […]

 
When Adam Faith died of heart failure at the age of 62, it wasn’t as a teen idol or TV heartthrob that he was remembered. But as a bankrupt businessman.

Having become a household name in the world of entertainment, both as a leading pop singer and TV actor, he reinvented himself in the 1980s as […]

 
While you might fancy yourself as the next Richard Branson or Bill Gates, don’t take your eye off the ball and start to “live the dream” before you’ve realised your goals. Because if you do, you’re likely to come a cropper.

Just look at what happened to John DeLorean. Northern Ireland was stuck in the economic […]

 
While you have to believe 100% in what you’re doing, do beware of becoming over-zealous in your quest to change the world of business/industry/whatever.

Because Sir Clive Sinclair did and the world wasn’t laughing with him, it was laughing at him (with incredulity) when he proposed the Sinclair C5. The idea that you could be a […]

 
We can all learn from our mistakes, especially in business, mistakes should motivate people to try again, not give up. But can we also learn from the historic business failures of the greats, i think so, over the next few days i am going to detail 5 of them.

You only need to see one episode […]

 
Should you or your business be blogging?
Five years ago, Steve Spangler was a science teacher outside Denver. These days, his educational toy company, Steve Spangler Science, employs nearly 30 people and he speaks to groups of science teachers across the country.
Mr. Spangler largely credits his blogfor his success. Steve Spangler Science recorded more than $5 […]

 
I have just signed up to a FREE Traders University Seminar. Run by Greg Secker, trading professional they claim to teach you trade secrets in just two hours!
There are many dates around the UK so looking at a vacant slot i have singed myself up. My objective, well i don’t really buy i can learn […]