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Alex Connock: TV super tsar

The media industry is going through a digital revolution, with traditional publishing and production models mixing with internet ideas and on-demand TV. Alex Connock is right at the sharp end with his TV production company.

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Breakthrough Clinic: Brandedmedia and the evolution of a growing business

While the start-up phase of a company's life can be make or break, the next step in the evolution of a growing business can be even tougher.

Entrepreneurs

How I sold my business to WPP

My theories about dealing with pressure were put to an acid test when it came to the hostile sale of my business to WPP.

Entrepreneurs

Sir Keith Mills: Business and the bid

Sir Keith Mills is the brains behind Air Miles, the most famous worldwide loyalty scheme ever, and now he’s going one better with the global success of Nectar. And let’s not forget the small matter of staging the 2012 Olympic Games.

Entrepreneurs

Rosemary Conley: Queen of fitness

Despite numerous pretenders to the throne, Rosemary Conley CBE is still the biggest name in fitness after three decades helping the nation tone up and slim down.

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Malcolm Millar is full steam ahead at Raymarine

Having recently been crowned Chief Executive of the Year at 2006 Quoted Company Awards, Malcolm Millar continues to drive Raymarine, the provider of hi-tech products for the leisure boat industry, forward at a rate of knots.

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Lane4 makes waves

Professional athletes often find themselves facing a unique and potentially unnerving dilemma, namely what do with when they come to the end of one hugely successful career and have to work out what to do next. But former Olympic swimmer Adrian Moorhouse has relished the challenge.

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Converso Contact Centres grows from within

Dino Forte co-founded customer management business Converso Contact Centres in 1997 and this year he anticipates that sales will top £6 million.

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Lane4 makes waves

Professional athletes often find themselves facing a unique and potentially unnerving dilemma, namely what do with when they come to the end of one hugely successful career and have to work out what to do next. But former Olympic swimmer Adrian Moorhouse has relished the challenge.

Entrepreneurs

Converso Contact Centres grows from within

Dino Forte co-founded customer management business Converso Contact Centres in 1997 and this year he anticipates that sales will top £6 million.

Entrepreneurs

The importance of confidence and self-belief when building a business

This Masterclass on "Confidence and Self-Belief " is just a few minutes selected from over 25 hours of audio material designed to help you grow a successful business.

Entrepreneurs

An IncrediBull story

Few entrepreneurs can claim to have secured their first client before even establishing a business, yet that was the rather enviable position in which doctor-turned-TV presenter David Bull found himself some five years ago.

Entrepreneurs

Paramount for success?

Paramount 21 is a labour of love for its chairman, Alison Hannaford. Not only does her passion for food underpin her considerable enthusiasm for the business, but there is also an deep-seated emotional involvement.

Entrepreneurs

Rising Stars: where are they now?

At the start of 2005, Business XL honoured 50 ‘Rising Stars’ – growing companies that were leading the way in service excellence, product innovation and sales growth. We catch up with a selection of them one year on to discover whether they exceeded expectations or failed to deliver.