Leadership

What qualities does it take to go from being a successful and efficient business manager to a powerful and inspiring business leader? We ask entrepreneurs and experts for their views.

Leadership

When I started my own company there were days when it just wasn't happening.

Entrepreneurs

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.

Entrepreneurs

Jon Smith shatters the stereotype of the money-grabbing sports agent, having long spent his own money and a substantial amount of his time on two particularly worthy causes.

Entrepreneurs

Nick Craven, chief executive of Weatherbys Ventures, says his best business decision was to widen the company's offerings from its traditional remit of horseracing while using skills it already had in-house.

Entrepreneurs

Making money is music to the ears of any entrepreneur. For Ian Rosenblatt, however, music itself is the passion, and since 2000 he’s been happy to spend a portion of his cash on promoting up-and-coming operatic talent.