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Mini-motels ….

Posted on: Thursday, July 31st, 2008 in: Entrepreneur

 
I really think this invention has legs for the UK airports after all the delays and security issues we have ….
Frank Giotto, who owns a number of successful companies, does a lot of business travel. He noted that in recent years there has been a great increase in the number of airline delays and flight […]

Accident pushes entrepreneur to ‘God’s road’

Posted on: Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 in: Entrepreneur

A motorcycle accident 19 years ago restricted Dave Lewis’s mobility but swung open the door to a business opportunity for the now 39-year-old entrepreneur.
Lewis was driving home from his job managing a rental equipment store in LaPorte when he hit a hole on a set of railroad tracks and was thrown into an 8-foot ditch.
The […]

Birmingham serial entrepreneur has passion for helping companies reach their full potential

Posted on: Monday, July 28th, 2008 in: Entrepreneur

 
Birmingham entrepreneur Richard Randolph says he has a passion for helping companies reach their full potential.
After getting tutelage from David and Steve Upton, owners of CraneWorks in Birmingham, Randolph made his first business plunge in 1993 at age 27 when he joined a California entrepreneur and helped form Gravity Works.
The duo created an amusement ride […]

Blind Flintshire entrepreneur scoops Sir John Moores award

Posted on: Sunday, July 27th, 2008 in: Entrepreneur, Awards

 
A BUDDING entrepreneur, who is registered blind, has scooped a regional award.

Adam Flavell, 17, from Bagillt is celebrating success after picking up the Sir John Moores Award at the Young Enterprise North West Final at Aintree Racecourse earlier this month.
Adam worked alongside fellow students from St. Vincent’s School for the Blind and Partially Sighted in […]

Internet entrepreneur returns to solar energy

Posted on: Saturday, July 26th, 2008 in: Entrepreneur

In 1973, when Bill Gross was 15 and cars were lined up at every gas station in Southern California, he wanted to do something about high energy prices.
An aspiring engineer, he figured out how to build parabolic concentrators and Stirling engines to capture the sun’s energy, selling the plans for $4 apiece through ads in Popular […]

My Secret Life: Martha Lane Fox, Entrepreneur, age 35

Posted on: Monday, July 21st, 2008 in: Entrepreneur

 
The home I grew up in… We moved around a lot, between Oxfordshire and London. I was happiest between the ages of 11 and 16, living in north Oxfordshire. I spent most of my time meeting boys and going to parties.
When I was a child I wanted to be… a hotel proprietor. I spent hours […]

Awards success for entrepreneur

Posted on: Sunday, July 20th, 2008 in: Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur Julie Woods, who triumphed over personal adversity to successfully establish her own business has been named one of the Eastern Top 10 Business Heroes in the Barclays Trading Places Awards.
The government-backed awards, now in their fourth year, are supported by Jobcentre Plus and The Prince’s Trust.
They recognise men and women who have overcome various […]

Vance Miller working ‘to set up orphanage’

Posted on: Thursday, July 17th, 2008 in: Entrepreneur, News

CONTROVERSIAL kitchen trader Vance Miller has told a judge he is not interested in making profit but is working to set up an orphanage in Africa.
Miller, 42, from Ramsbottom, made the comment as he was being grilled about his trading practices by the Office of Fair Trading who claim he has defied an order to […]

Vance Miller - Escapes prison

Posted on: Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 in: Entrepreneur, News

 
CONTROVERSIAL kitchen trader Vance Miller has escaped jail despite being found guilty of contempt of court.
The entrepreneur was given a six-month suspended sentence after breaching a Stop Now order issued in 2003 which ordered him to clean up his act.
Manchester Civil Justice Centre had heard of nine complaints against his Oldham-based Discount Kitchens Direct and […]

From biros to Bollinger: Entrepreneur hits big time with perfect pitch

Posted on: Monday, July 14th, 2008 in: Entrepreneur

 
Nicki Stewart, a business owner who has breathed new life into the luxury hamper industry, looks set for the big time after winning The Pitch, a new entrepreneurial competition run by BusinessZone.co.uk.
The entrepreneur, who claimed top spot in the business challenge presented in associated with the Bristol Design Festival, ditched an 18 year career selling […]