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Rising Star: Adam Price

Adam Price is the MD of Wales-based outfit SEOsitebuilder.com, which he established in 2004. He recently won Newport Business School’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

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Bad year: Northern Rock

The resignation of CEO Adam Applegarth and confirmation of the company’s demotion from the FTSE 100 have set the seal on a punishing year for Northern Rock.

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Good year: Oxford Metrics

Led by chief executive Nick Bolton, Oxford Metrics consists of three technology ventures developing motion and image capture products for the entertainment, defence, life science and engineering industries.

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Mike Southon

Mike Southon co-founded The Instruction Set in 1984, following a period treading the boards and working as a site manager on oil rigs. Five years later it was bought by global IT consultancy Hoskyns and since then Southon’s worked with numerous growing companies. He is co-author of The Beermat Entrepreneur

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Jonathan Straight: Playing it straight

Anyone can spot an opportunity, but it takes someone special to seize it. He speaks to Ernst & Young’s 2006 Entrepreneur of the Year, Jonathan Straight, about how he built a £28 million turnover company from a business that no-one wanted.

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What I’m reading now – How to Turn Your Business into the Next Global Brand

How to Turn Your Business into the Next Global Brand: Creating and Managing a Franchised Network, by Brian Duckett and Paul Monaghan.

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Rising Star: Apatech

Apatech, a manufacturer of artificial bone-graft material, has grown sales to £3.1 million from £270,000 in 2005. We talk to CEO Simon Cartmell

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The economics of email

In 2006, the average email user received 126 messages per day, an increase of 55 per cent since 2003, according to research by The Radicati Group. So how do we sort the vital information from the dross?

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Rising Star: Apatech

Apatech, a manufacturer of artificial bone-graft material, has grown sales to £3.1 million from £270,000 in 2005. We talk to CEO Simon Cartmell

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The economics of email

In 2006, the average email user received 126 messages per day, an increase of 55 per cent since 2003, according to research by The Radicati Group. So how do we sort the vital information from the dross?

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The Specialized Sirrus

It’s environmentally friendly and beats Jeremy Clarkson. That’s right, it’s a bike

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Good Month: Ultrasis

Healthcare specialist Ultrasis saw a glimmer of hope this month despite posting losses of £769,000 in October, up 70 per cent on the year before.

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Bad Month: Worthington Nicholls

Heating and air-conditioning installer Worthington Nicholls has announced that it will hold an EGM in early December with the intention of removing certain key members from its board.

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The Cyrus LinkMini Two

If you’ve got a treasure trove of digital music on your iPod but you’re sick of only being able to listen to it on a pair of earphones, the Cyrus LinkMini Two could make an excellent Christmas present to yourself.

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