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Lager than life: Karan Bilimoria

From meagre and untimely beginnings in recession-hit 1990, Karan Bilimoria tells GrowthBusiness how he has turned Cobra beer into a brand that is now sold in more than 45 countries.

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Wayne Hemingway: What I wish I’d known

Wayne Hemingway and his wife Gerardine founded fashion label Red or Dead in 1982 and won the British Fashion Council’s Street Style Designer of the Year award three times in a row. After selling the company in 1999 they set up Hemingway Design, which focuses on affordable and social design.

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Christian Nelleman of XLN Telecom – What I wish I’d known

Serial entrepreneur and high-flyer Christian Nelleman founded XLN Telecom in 2002 to offer an alternative telecoms service for small businesses. The company’s growth was phenomenal, advancing 800 per cent in the first year and has continued in the same vein.

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Wheels of fortune

You've worked your fingers to the bone to build up your business, so why not give yourself a well-earned treat - a convertible Aston Martin DB9 Volante, for example! Adam Wayland asks six successful entrepreneurs about the car they drive and whether they think it's an important status symbol...

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Stephen Armitage of Myfotowall on starting a business in a new market

As an ex-miner with experience in the print industry, Stephen Armitage, managing director of digital photo wall-scape company Myfotowall, is both practical and creative.

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Chris Mottershead: Tour operator de force

Self-driven, ambitious and always ready for a new challenge, Chris Mottershead is a travel industry pioneer and crystal ball gazer. We meet the man who has taken both Airtours and Thomson to the summit of the UK travel sector and is looking to weave similar magic with his new project, Travelzest.

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Eleksen Group: The portable keyboard

Weighing less than a couple of chocolate bars and rolling up to fit neatly into a briefcase, portable keyboards certainly live up to their name...

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My Big Idea – by Rachel Bridge

The book: My Big Idea, by Rachel Bridge. Review by: Glyn Heald, CEO, Shirlaws Business Coaching

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Eleksen Group: The portable keyboard

Weighing less than a couple of chocolate bars and rolling up to fit neatly into a briefcase, portable keyboards certainly live up to their name...

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My Big Idea – by Rachel Bridge

The book: My Big Idea, by Rachel Bridge. Review by: Glyn Heald, CEO, Shirlaws Business Coaching

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Overhaul of intellectual property rights

John Kay, economist and columnist for the FT, predicts that the next big influence on the UK economy will be an overhaul of intellectual property rights...

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Blackberry Pearl

In common with other manufacturers, Research In Motion (RIM), the maker of the new Blackberry Pearl 8100, intends it to negate the need for business folk to carry both a mobile phone and a personal digital assistant...

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SolarRoll – the portable solar panel

Mobile phones and laptops enable us to work anywhere, but when the battery dies we’re left with no choice but to trudge back to the office. Fortunately, however, there is now a solution – and it’ll cut your energy bills as well...

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Economic Insight – Robert Cole

We ask Robert Cole, acting business editor at The Times, to predict the next big economic influence on UK business...

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