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MBAs: switched-on thinking

It's about 100 years since the first MBA course was launched in the US. They're now more popular than ever.

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Allan Leighton: Getting the job done

After Allan Leighton turned around the fortunes of ASDA and Lastminute.com, he could have opted for the easy life, but instead became chairman of the Royal Mail.

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MBI case study – First Flight Placements in the pink deal

How MBI specialist First Flight Placements introduced would-be entrepreneur John Evans to his dream retail business. By Patrizia Rossi.

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Simon Cook: Exit Strategist

DFJ Esprit head honcho Simon Cook has had a string of multi-million dollar exits under his belt, but he’s still on the lookout for more great early stage companies.

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Rising star: Marc Koska

Marc Koska spent 24 years working on his single-use syringe, which is designed to reduce the spread of disease in poor countries. His company Star Syringe is now profitable with revenues of £1.5 million

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Richard Denny

Gentleman wheeler-dealer Richard Denny is a direct descendant of Sir Walter Raleigh and former partner of Tariq Bin Laden. He has written five business books, runs his eponymous training company and tours the world giving motivational speeches.

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Rising Star: Heather Gorringe

Nearly 20 years after launching her business, Wiggly Wigglers, Heather Gorringe has won £15,000 as the UK winner of the Dell Small Business Excellence Award.

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Jane Asher on running her Party Cakes business

Jane Asher has starred in movies opposite Michael Caine and Lawrence Olivier. She’s written novels and regularly treads the boards in the West End. Despite all that, nothing could prepare her for the highs and lows of running her own business, Party Cakes.

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Rising Star: Heather Gorringe

Nearly 20 years after launching her business, Wiggly Wigglers, Heather Gorringe has won £15,000 as the UK winner of the Dell Small Business Excellence Award.

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Jane Asher on running her Party Cakes business

Jane Asher has starred in movies opposite Michael Caine and Lawrence Olivier. She’s written novels and regularly treads the boards in the West End. Despite all that, nothing could prepare her for the highs and lows of running her own business, Party Cakes.

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Less lonely at the top with executive coaching

No one wants to see ignorance or indecision in their CEO, but leaders are human too. Here's how executive coaching can help.

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eBay for business sales

More than 1,000 UK businesses, many of them websites, are putting themselves up for sale on eBay.co.uk at the time of writing. BusinessesforSale.com offers 63,309 worldwide, roughly half of them in the UK, and DaltonsBusiness.com has just relaunched its site with more than 27,000 companies up for grabs across Europe.

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Object of desire: The MonoTracer

The thrill and glamour of a motorbike, without getting your leathers wet. That’s the proposition offered by the MonoTracer from Swiss company Peraves.

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Promoting from within

The average cost of bringing in a new employee is £4,500 to £8,000, according to figures from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. So it’s no surprise that promoting internally is popular with employers.

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Desktop vs cloud accounting: What to consider 

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Accounting and financial management software: What you need to know 

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Boosting confidence in outsourcing your customer service function to call centres in Africa

CCI Kenya discusses why outsourcing key of your business processes to call centres in Africa may be beneficial