Hamish Ogston has built up a multi-million pound business insuring other people’s plastic. Yesterday he put his faith in the hands of other people when he floated Card Protection Plan (CPP), his credit card and identity insurance group, on the stock market. Mr Ogston, who ranked 127 on last year’s Sunday Times Rich List, [...]

  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 [...]

  Ghanaian born fashion entrepreneur, Kwab (Kwabena) Asamoah continues to make waves in the United States through his Kustom Looks Clothier company. His classic styles, which have been embraced from corporate executives to star athletes and politicians, bring together the traditional art of custom clothes with a taste of modern tailoring. Kustom Look Clothier’s celebrity [...]

Several years ago Greg Whisenant unsuspectingly opened the door of his apartment building for a burglar, who then ripped off several of his neighbors. To make amends, Whisenant built an information-sharing web site for the local police, which is now one of the fast-growing crime data-mapping services in the United States. “I’d never been a [...]

James Caan is to launch a business academy in London aimed at start-ups and small business owners. He says: ‘The problem with being the boss is you have no-one guiding you. Asking businessman friends seems like defeat and you don’t want to admit you’re a novice. But everyone needs a helping hand.’ Caan says that [...]

Brilliant! A website called PleaseRobMe claims to reveal the location of empty homes based on what people post online. The Dutch developers told BBC News the site was designed to prove a point about the dangers of sharing precise location information on the internet. The site scrutinises players of online game Foursquare, which is based [...]

When Mike Cheng moved from midtown to Shanghai three years ago, he could barely speak Mandarin Chinese. By the time the young Asian-American entrepreneur moved back to New York nine months later, he was on his way toward mastering the language – and starting a business. Knowing he had many friends eager to learn, Cheng, [...]

Taken from Inc.com a very good read to see even the big players can get it worng! Very wrong! Top 10 Awkward Social Media Moments

An ambitious young entrepreneur is attempting to personalise private equity investment with a £1m funding round for a 10 per cent stake in himself. James Layfield, who has three successful ventures under his belt, claims he was driven to the extreme measure by the frustration of being knocked back by the conventional fund-raising process. “I [...]

At just 22, Amber Perez has already been a business owner for four years. In 2006, Perez started Girls Spa Parties, a mobile spa that caters to clients by traveling to their homes, businesses and other locations to provide salon and spa services including hair, makeup, pedicures and massages. With a team of 13 stylists, [...]