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James Butterfield

James Butterfield is a serial investor in fast-growth companies. He has over 25 years’ experience advising small and medium-sized businesses on a range of activities, from stock market listings to mergers and acquisitions and fundraising

Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs

Lending a voice: Jon Smith

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

Economic insight: de-leveraging

Hank Calenti, director of European credit research at RBC Capital Markets, reveals why he thinks we’re at a pivotal moment in the current financial downturn.

Entrepreneurs

Next big thing: multi-sourcing

Dissatisfaction with traditional outsourcing relationships is changing the way enterprises and their service providers do business. It’s become more common to treat functions such as IT as a portfolio of activities, some of which can be outsourced to a variety of providers while others are brought in-house.

Entrepreneurs

Vodafone’s 7.2 USB Stick

If you are looking to reduce downtime when travelling between meetings, but haven’t got your fingers around using a Blackberry keyboard yet, this could be the answer.

Entrepreneurs

A rich vein of finance

Companies from the Middle East and North Africa raised a total of £1.37 billion in AIM initial public offerings (IPOs), according to a report from Business XL’s sister title, Growth Company Investor.

Entrepreneurs

Rising Star: Daniel Lee of Pharmacy 2U

Daniel Lee is the MD of Pharmacy 2U, the first mail-order and online pharmacy retailer in the UK. With turnover of £12 million, the company is seeking greater heights in the year ahead, as Lee tells GrowthBusiness.

Entrepreneurs

Interview with David Thompson, the Cable-Talk guy

Entrepreneurial accountant David Thompson takes Patrizia Rossi on his journey from number cruncher to deal-clincher.

Entrepreneurs

Rising Star: Daniel Lee of Pharmacy 2U

Daniel Lee is the MD of Pharmacy 2U, the first mail-order and online pharmacy retailer in the UK. With turnover of £12 million, the company is seeking greater heights in the year ahead, as Lee tells GrowthBusiness.

Entrepreneurs

Interview with David Thompson, the Cable-Talk guy

Entrepreneurial accountant David Thompson takes Patrizia Rossi on his journey from number cruncher to deal-clincher.

Entrepreneurs

Rachel Elnaugh Interview

Rachel Elnaugh shot to fame in 2005 as one of the investors on the BBC’s Dragons’ Den, but crashed back down when her gift experiences business Red Letter Days went to the wall, along with her career as a dragon

Entrepreneurs

Rob Northfield: Giving something back

Multi-millionaire businessman Rob Northfield bought his local football club, Harrogate Railway Athletic, last year. Now he believes the club can rival neighbouring Harrogate Town, while he’s still as keen as ever on giving something back.

Entrepreneurs

Interview with Andy Redfern of Ethical Superstore

Ethical Superstore, an online retailer of fair trade, organic and eco-friendly goods, is forecasting turnover of £2.2 million this year (up from £800,000 last year). We interview co-founder Andy Redfern.

Entrepreneurs

Secrets of business success shared

There's no better way to learn how to be successful than hearing from those at the top of their game. Robert Tyerman speaks to some of the winners of the fourth annual Quoted Company Awards, organised by our sister magazine Growth Company Investor.

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