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 […]

 
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 […]

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 […]

 
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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

 
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 […]

 
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 […]

 
A wealthy businesswoman who appeared on TV show The Secret Millionaire revealed today how she is bankrolling a new campaign to help tackle knife and gun crime in the capital.
Emma Harrison, who has an £80 million fortune, has co-founded Through UNITY, with Richard Taylor, the father of murdered 10-year-old Damilola Taylor, and Ian Levy, whose […]

 
A VETERAN businessman from Huddersfield has been presented with an award recognising his contribution to manufacturing.
Maurice Mosley, the 78-year-old chairman of Trojan Plastics, was named Special Manufacturing Entrepreneur of the Year in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2008 awards ceremony held in Manchester.
The award was presented to Mr Mosley by judging panel […]