From the monthly archives: July 2008
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 [...]
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 [...]
A SCOTS entrepreneur has revealed his £2million masterplan for ice cream giants Nardini’s. David Equi is the businessman behind the consortium who now own the famous Largs cafe that was a popular destination for generations of seaside holidaymakers. The B-listed Ayrshire cafe was at one stage facing an uncertain future but it is now [...]
Cairo – An Egyptian man was sentenced to 1 000 years behind bars on Thursday after scamming hundreds of people out of £280-million (around $52-million), a court official said. The Giza criminal court sentenced Abdullah Kamel Mohammed, 42, for cheating 480 people out of their money over several years. “He would promise people that he [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
John Bartelson, who smokes Marlboro Lights through fingers blackened with tractor grease, may look like an average wheat farmer. He isn’t. He’s one of North Dakota’s new oil barons. Every month, he gets a check for tens of thousands of dollars from a company in Houston called EOG Resources Inc., which drilled two oil wells [...]
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 [...]
THE entrepreneur behind the Severn Barrage Project has come out fighting in the wake of criticism – declaring: “We mean business”. Plans for a £15billion barrage from Brean across the Severn Estuary had been rocked by claims the project is not financially viable and its power could be produced at a cheaper cost. The [...]
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 [...]
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