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Five of the UK’s richest self-made entrepreneurs

Britain has a track record of producing successful entrepreneurs, but which ones are doing particularly well?

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Innocent Drink’s Richard Reed on life after a $500 million company

At the beginning of 2013 Richard Reed and the rest of his founding team at Innocent Drinks sold out the last of their stake to Coca Cola. GrowthBusiness finds out what happens after exiting a business valued at $500 million.

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Retail meets technology: InStitchu and its goal to provide affordable tailored suits 

From working in a bar in Australia and needing a suit for job interviews, Elliot Suiter is now building out a bespoke tailoring service making the most of a growing trend in online retail.

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Nurturing a new generation of British entrepreneurs

With the Year of Code now up and running, is the UK education system finally about to start equipping children with the requisite skills necessary to build businesses?

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Education entrepreneur George Burgess’ battle to bring technology to the classroom

While most students would have used the excuse of poor revision materials to give studying a miss, born-and-bred 17 year-old entrepreneur George Burgess saw an opportunity.

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The Cambridge Satchel Company’s journey from kitchen counter to global brand

Having not paid herself for three years after founding The Cambridge Satchel Company, Julie Deane has now secured $21 million worth of venture capital. GrowthBusiness finds out how she's going to spend it.

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Livebookings: The VC-backed business shaking up the restaurant industry

With a pool of experienced investors including Balderton Capital and Wellington Partners, GrowthBusiness meets new Livebookings CEO Joe Steele to find out how the business is revolutionising the way we book a table.

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The stories behind five successful female entrepreneurs

Following in the footsteps of Anita Roddick, Jacqueline Gold and Martha Lane Fox, we profile five female business builders who are going it alone.

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Livebookings: The VC-backed business shaking up the restaurant industry

With a pool of experienced investors including Balderton Capital and Wellington Partners, GrowthBusiness meets new Livebookings CEO Joe Steele to find out how the business is revolutionising the way we book a table.

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The stories behind five successful female entrepreneurs

Following in the footsteps of Anita Roddick, Jacqueline Gold and Martha Lane Fox, we profile five female business builders who are going it alone.

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Future Fifty member Green Man Gaming – In it for the long run

To coincide with the second crop of Future Fifty companies being named, GrowthBusiness meets Green Man Gaming and its founder Paul Sulyok to find out what being a member involves.

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Looking beyond the Silicon Roundabout bubble to other regional hubs

Guy Mucklow, CEO of Worcester-based Postcode Anywhere, is calling on the government to not forget about exciting technology companies located outside of London.

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SoundCloud’s Alexander Ljung dances to his own beat

Standing out from the crop of exciting entrepreneurs who currently populate the European landscape is no mean feat – but it's something SoundCloud's Alexander Ljung is doing with aplomb.

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Zoopla rises to the top of Europe’s most exciting investor-backed companies

Following a period of frenetic deal making and customer acquisition, GrowthBusiness catches up with serial entrepreneur Alex Chesterman to get the inside track on Zoopla Property Group.

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