Jason Salim was searching for an earth-friendly way to make money last year when he discovered the power of garlic.
Now the 24-year-old Norton, Mass., entrepreneur is using the legendary vampire repellant to ward off another kind of bloodsucker.
His heady concoction of garlic extract and soybean oil can rid a field of pesky mosquitoes for weeks.
“I […]

 
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, and many […]

 
In Roman mythology, Neptune was the god of water and the sea. Unlike his Greek counterpart Poseidon, Neptune was also the deity responsible for the quality of fresh water. It is somewhat fitting that a newly developed product sourced from the sea takes its name from the mythical protector of waters.
Neptune’s Balance products have been […]

 
Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson has expressed interest in the possible sale of London’s Gatwick Airport.
The owner of Virgin Atlantic Airways said he would be inclined to make a bid for the airport if other partners could be brought in.
“We would be interested in possibly buying Gatwick, but only as part of a consortium,” Paul Charles, […]

 
PLYMOUTH businessman John Steven has put another of his companies into administration in a bid to “tighten up” his empire.
Mr Steven, who just three months ago announced he was putting his gastro-pub chain into administration, has blamed the general downturn in trading and the current economic climate.
The latest restructuring of his North Hill-based business saw […]

 
James Halliburton, 28, initially accepted offers of £100,000 each from investors Peter Jones and Theo Paphitis, which would have seen each gain a 12.5 per cent stake in his firm Seatriever International.
However, when the parties came to sign the deal two months after the show was filmed, the inventor from Crewe, Cheshire, rejected their help […]

 
Transatlantic budget carrier Zoom Airlines has suspended all flights and is applying to go into administration.
Thousands of passengers due to fly with Zoom have been told to rebook with other carriers, and to contact credit or debit card issuers about refunds.
Earlier, two of the airline’s jets were held at Glasgow and Cardiff airports.
UK-Canadian Zoom blamed […]

Miccus, Inc., a technology company operating out of the Lakeshore Advantage Business Garden in Zeeland, has come up with a new way to listen to iPods, televisions, phones, computers and other audio devices—wirelessly. By building upon technology developed by Bluetooth, Jeremy Kovacs created BluBridge, a wireless transmitting and receiving “bridge” between audio devices and the […]