Banking

If you’re looking to fund rapid growth, your bank will probably be the first port of call. Nick Britton finds out what traditional lenders can offer, and how to make sure you’re getting the best deal

Entrepreneurs

A Silicon Valley veteran, George Coelho could fill Fort Knox with the value he’s created from turning nascent tech ventures into the blue-chip giants of tomorrow. No wonder he topped Business XL's Power Top 50 earlier this year.

Entrepreneurs

Everyone who owns a mobile phone, a PDA or an iPod has had its battery die on them at one time or another and, inevitably, it tends to be when there's no charger in sight.

Entrepreneurs

Carpetright chairman and CEO Lord Harris has certainly done something right and, according to Ernst & Young, it’s business.

Entrepreneurs

Simon Longfield, restructuring partner at accountancy firm Grant Thornton, believes the correction in the credit markets will have less impact on growing businesses than many have assumed.

Opinion

Offices are breeding grounds of malcontent. No matter how inventively you encourage employees, send them on training courses, nurture their self belief, or ply them with bribes â“ a trip to the races, a bowling alley, karaoke â“ there’ll always be a tiny, po-faced coterie, happy to criticise the company.