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Ian Hunt: high flier 

Ian Hunt’s career took off when he joined networking specialist Fibre Technologies, but he’s reached even greater heights in his microlight aircraft.

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Interview with Ian Hunt, MD at Fibre Technologies Ltd

Ian Hunt's career took off when he joined networking specialist Fibre Technologies, but he's reached even greater heights in his microlight aircraft. Nick Britton reports.

Entrepreneurs

CEOs who saved their companies

The turnaround industry is booming as more companies get into financial trouble. But it doesn't always take an army of advisers to make a business strong again.

Entrepreneurs

What I’m reading now – The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life, by Alice Schroeder
Alessandro Hatami, MD of PayPoint.net

Entrepreneurs

Andrew Jenkinson is in Pole Position – The Entrepreneur Interview

Former British bodybuilding champion, racing car enthusiast, and friend to the rich and famous, Andrew Jenkinson founded recruitment company Charterhouse in 1995. Here he talks to Kathleen Hall about his drive to succeed.

Entrepreneurs

On Leadership: Practical Wisdom from the People Who Know, by Allan Leighton

Book review by Ashley Sellar, sales director, Getronics.

Entrepreneurs

3 Entrepreneurs choose their favourite business books

No matter how charismatic and driven you are, everybody needs a little inspiration now and then. Entrepreneurs tell Kathleen Hall which books and business theories have made a lasting impression.

Entrepreneurs

Survival strategies in a depression

Times of economic turmoil require businesses to adapt quickly. Sometimes that requires radical, even painful action.

Entrepreneurs

3 Entrepreneurs choose their favourite business books

No matter how charismatic and driven you are, everybody needs a little inspiration now and then. Entrepreneurs tell Kathleen Hall which books and business theories have made a lasting impression.

Entrepreneurs

Survival strategies in a depression

Times of economic turmoil require businesses to adapt quickly. Sometimes that requires radical, even painful action.

Entrepreneurs

Alex Hoye: Lines of latitude

Though he hails from the American Northwest via Silicon Valley, Alex Hoye remains convinced of Europe’s potential to create world-leading companies.

Entrepreneurs

Anna Whitty: How entrepreneurial flair can advance social aims

Anna Whitty, chief executive of community transport provider ECT, explains how entrepreneurial flair can advance social aims.

Entrepreneurs

The cleantech challenge

As the economic downturn deepens and spreads across the world, GrowthBusiness looks at how cleantech companies are reconciling the need for short-term survival with their long-term aims.

Entrepreneurs

What I’m reading now – Freakonomics

Freakonomics, by Steven Levitt
Phil Bridge, managing director of Kroll Ontrack UK