A UNIVERSITY student has set up a new business to bring the gadgets of the rich and famous to a wider market.
Tom Kadwill, 19, is in the early days of an online venture called Tekrux, supplying automated technology for lighting and other electrical appliances around the home.
He has two suppliers, one in the UK and […]

THE husband of millionaire businesswoman Kavita Oberoi has started a new business – in the same building as his wife.
Deven Oberoi said Oberoi Grand Interiors, at Pride Park, was fast becoming the third successful business created by the entrepreneurial family.
His wife is the boss of Derby IT company Oberoi Consulting and appeared on the Channel […]

 
Don’t tell Rebecca Ramos she can’t do something, because she’ll start learning it right away. She has taught herself how to build Web sites, design graphics and make jewelry. Now she’s learning to weld.“I just never thought there was anything I couldn’t do,” Ramos said.
Such spirit has propelled her through five start-ups.
Ramos, 39, has mixed […]

 
Launching a company need not be daunting. Just ask serial entrepreneur Maria Elena Ibañez.
While in the beauty parlor one Saturday, Ibañez got to chatting with a woman experienced in the Hispanic food business. That’s when she decided to launch Intermark Foods and hired that woman to start the following Monday.
Ibañez moved so quickly she even […]

Becky Stockbridge McKinnell is young, in a hurry and knows what she wants. She was too busy growing iBec Creative, her startup web and graphic design firm in Portland, to apply to be considered a top entrepreneur under age 25 in BusinessWeek’s annual competition — something else she’s long wanted to do. On the cusp […]

 
For Art Koff, who had a successful career in advertising and communications for more than 40 years, just because he was beginning a retirement lifestyle lifestyle didn’t mean that he was ready to give up his passion, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The entrepreneur knew that he needed something to do to occupy his time, […]

Emilio Lavazza, the man who presided over a famous coffee making firm has died at the age of 78.
Mr Lavazza was president of the Italian coffee company which bore his name.
He spent close to 40 years as the head of the company which expanded its reach into almost half of Italy’s retail market.
The firm was […]

 
Hamish Ogston has built up a multi-million pound business insuring other people’s plastic.
Yesterday he put his faith in the hands of other people when he floated Card Protection Plan (CPP), his credit card and identity insurance group, on the stock market.
Mr Ogston, who ranked 127 on last year’s Sunday Times Rich List, is estimated to […]

 
Its already on but you will be able to catch up on Five on Demand.
Five is extending its hugely successful ‘Inspector’ format with the commission of The Business Inspector, a troubleshooting series transforming failing small companies. Straight-talking, self-made haulage millionnaire, Hilary Devey will take on the title of The Business Inspector tackling struggling small British businesses […]

 
Ghanaian born fashion entrepreneur, Kwab (Kwabena) Asamoah continues to make waves in the United States through his Kustom Looks Clothier company.
His classic styles, which have been embraced from corporate executives to star athletes and politicians, bring together the traditional art of custom clothes with a taste of modern tailoring. Kustom Look Clothier’s celebrity client list […]