Entrepreneurs

After more than 15 years in the hospitality industry, Ken Millar faced the horrifying prospect earlier this year of having to call in the administrators for his hotel business. He's managed to turn his fortunes around and is now part of the successful consortium of Best Western Hotels.

Growth Planning

Adjusting to growth is one of the most difficult challenges you face as an entrepreneur. You may have the traits it takes to make your business a winner, but you'll be the victim of your own success if you don't plan for the new world in which you find yourself when your efforts start to pay off.

Entrepreneurs

Peter Cullum is shaking up the insurance sector by injecting a sense of fun, having boldly rejected the rituals of corporate life for the thrill of building his own business.

Exit Strategies

Many companies owe their success to the wisdom and cash injection of an outside investor, but what can you do if your shareholder is no longer the right backer for your business?

Banking

Business banking is a fiercely competitive market these days, with financial institutions fighting it out for a share of the sector. As a result, high street banks now offer added-value services that were once the sole preserve of blue-chip clients to small and medium-sized enterprises.

Managing

High-profile corporate scandals at the likes of Enron and Worldcom have led many non-executive directors to become increasingly focused on the policing of management teams to the detriment of strategic planning, according to new research from the Corporate Research Forum and the Performance and Reward Centre.