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Charlie Mullins goes with the flow

From the age of nine, plucky plumber Charlie Mullins dreamed of picking up a plunger. The 52-year-old saw his company Pimlico Plumbers recently turn over £13.2 million and his clients include Jonathan Ross and Daniel Craig. Kathleen Hall reports.

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Save the world, quit your job

The global economy needs people like you to lead it out of recession, writes Simon Cook, CEO of venture firm DFJ Esprit.

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Go with the flow: Charlie Mullins

From the age of nine, plucky plumber Charlie Mullins dreamed of picking up a plunger. The 52-year-old saw his company Pimlico Plumbers recently turn over £13.2 million and his clients include Jonathan Ross and Daniel Craig.

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Apprentice contestants: Breaking down barriers

Go-getters like former Apprentice contestants Saira Khan and Tim Campbell are trying to raise aspirations within the ethnically diverse communities they came from.

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Ian Hunt: high flier 

Ian Hunt’s career took off when he joined networking specialist Fibre Technologies, but he’s reached even greater heights in his microlight aircraft.

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Interview with Ian Hunt, MD at Fibre Technologies Ltd

Ian Hunt's career took off when he joined networking specialist Fibre Technologies, but he's reached even greater heights in his microlight aircraft. Nick Britton reports.

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CEOs who saved their companies

The turnaround industry is booming as more companies get into financial trouble. But it doesn't always take an army of advisers to make a business strong again.

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What I’m reading now – The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life, by Alice Schroeder
Alessandro Hatami, MD of PayPoint.net

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CEOs who saved their companies

The turnaround industry is booming as more companies get into financial trouble. But it doesn't always take an army of advisers to make a business strong again.

Entrepreneurs

What I’m reading now – The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life, by Alice Schroeder
Alessandro Hatami, MD of PayPoint.net

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Andrew Jenkinson is in Pole Position – The Entrepreneur Interview

Former British bodybuilding champion, racing car enthusiast, and friend to the rich and famous, Andrew Jenkinson founded recruitment company Charterhouse in 1995. Here he talks to Kathleen Hall about his drive to succeed.

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On Leadership: Practical Wisdom from the People Who Know, by Allan Leighton

Book review by Ashley Sellar, sales director, Getronics.

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3 Entrepreneurs choose their favourite business books

No matter how charismatic and driven you are, everybody needs a little inspiration now and then. Entrepreneurs tell Kathleen Hall which books and business theories have made a lasting impression.

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Survival strategies in a depression

Times of economic turmoil require businesses to adapt quickly. Sometimes that requires radical, even painful action.

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