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How my business was helped by a company mentor

Robert West founded Benchmark Scaffolding in 1995 with two friends, using £25,000 of redundancy money. Since then the business has grown rapidly and West expects turnover to reach around £10 million this year. A company mentor helped him reach this milestone.

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Winning ways

It’s a simple fact of life that for growing companies, the most important person is the one at the top. GrowthBusiness talks to four successful entrepreneurs in a bid to uncover the essence of their winning ways.

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Back from the brink: TES 2000

Rapid growth can backfire if the right controls are not in place. Business XL talks to a company founder whose business has overcome administration and has asked for input as part of our Breakthrough Clinic.

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Karren Brady: Transforming a failing football club

Birmingham City Football Club now has an enviable reputation – both on and off the pitch. Managing director Karren Brady tells GrowthBusiness how she instilled a culture of success in a perennially depressed venture.

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Alex Wilcox: Creating creation

Alex Wilcox was the buying and marketing director for The Conran Shop Group before co-founding creative agency The Nest in 1999 with £40,000. The business has grown from three to 40 employees and has a turnover of £3 million.

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Dodging business disaster

Hope and optimism can blind you to the realities of business problems. Time and cash can slip through your fingers, while you cling to the belief that your latest scheme will avert trouble, but all the time…

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How I created a profitable online travel company

Growth Business Case Study - Richard Downs started specialist travel agency website Iglu.com in 1998 with funding from credit cards, friends and family. He tells us how he created a profitable online travel company.

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Penny Streeter’s tough decisions at Ambition 24

The right decisions are not always the best ones, explains Penny Streeter, founder of Ambition 24. The company provides nurses and carers on a last-minute basis and has a turnover of over £50 million.

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How I created a profitable online travel company

Growth Business Case Study - Richard Downs started specialist travel agency website Iglu.com in 1998 with funding from credit cards, friends and family. He tells us how he created a profitable online travel company.

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Penny Streeter’s tough decisions at Ambition 24

The right decisions are not always the best ones, explains Penny Streeter, founder of Ambition 24. The company provides nurses and carers on a last-minute basis and has a turnover of over £50 million.

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Fast, cool, classic cars

The super-exclusive, uber-exquisite and disgracefully expensive status car is the universal symbol of success. Everyone eventually succumbs to the allure of owning the smartest set of wheels money can buy.

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Cally Affleck’s mail order coffee business Boaters: What I wish I’d known

Former air hostess Cally Affleck and her husband Richard set up mail order coffee business Boaters in 1989 with £1,000.

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On the up…Great Guns Marketing

Liz Jackson launched her telemarketing business, Great Guns Marketing in 1998 with £5,000 from the Prince’s Trust. The business now has a turnover of £1.5 million, and has grown more than 40 per cent each year.

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Anne Glover: Leading lady

There’s a new hand on the tiller at the Old Boys’ Club (aka BVCA), the redoubtable Anne Glover.

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