Mark Bowness is a creative old chap – successfully founding Tribewanted.com he is now about to launch a new concept here in the UK called Rock Control. Kicking off in two weeks the website is calling for talented musicians an singers to upload a 60 sec video demonstrating their talents. The public will then [...]

  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 [...]

Niall O Farrell Niall O’Farrell, 43 , is one of Ireland’s most successful entrepreneurs with a myriad of businesses from men’s fashion to property and smoothies to his name. It all began when O’ Farrell finished up school at Catholic University School on Leeson St with every intention of joining his father estate agency , [...]

  A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE businesswoman who lives near Burton is to appear on a hit television series after giving away £160,000 of her personal fortune to community projects. Hilary Devey is the founder and owner of Pall-Ex – a leading pallet distribution company – which employs around 400 people at its base in Ellistown, near Coalville, [...]

  An aspiring indie band struggling to make the big time will tonight become the first ever band to secure financial backing on the BBC2 hit show Dragons’ Den. In a move away from tradition, where a band is wooed by a record firm and hopefully given a deal, Hamfatter asked the Dragons for £75,000 [...]

  A businessman whose invention made him the star of BBC’s Dragon’s Den has made his first million just three months on – without spending a penny of the £150,000 investment. Budding entrepreneur Peter Moule, 53, secured the cash for his innovative plastic electrical wire junction box – called a “Chockbox” from two dragons in [...]

  BT has signed Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones to replace Gordon Ramsay as the new face of its TV campaign promoting its business telecoms services. The new BT Business campaign, which has featured Ramsay trying to get his IT under control while his kitchen descends into fiery mayhem, will launch on May 5. The [...]

Ian Wallis has been appointed editorial director and head of Entrepreneur TV for cmypitch.com. His role on the soon-to-be-launched website for entrepreneurs will see Wallis conducting video interviews, as well as being responsible for the community aspects of the site. Commenting on his new role, Wallis said: “There’s nothing like cmypitch.com out there at the [...]

  I liked this guy, funny, down to earth and at times had good business acumen but he crumbled when confronted by a stronger team member. Ex-forces also! UKpreneur talks to Simon now he is out of the competition: How did you feel the day after your big day? I mean, I’m ok. I think you [...]

I didn’t bother blogging about the posh barrister who had no experience or ‘will’ to be a businessman, I’m talking about Nicholas De Lacy Brown, a 24-year-old trainee barrister living in West London when he entered The Apprentice series 4. But here is one guy who may be a little outspoken at times and portray [...]