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Imran Hakim and the iTeddy

Entrepreneur Imran Hakim secured £140,000 from Peter Jones and Theo Paphitis when he showcased the iTeddy on the BBC's Dragon's Den. This curious bear-cyborg hybrid is described as an educational toy that helps pre-school children learn as they play.

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Richard Muirhead: Walking the line

There must be easier ways to make a living than creating a global software company in the UK. But Richard Muirhead, the chief executive of Tideway Systems, wouldn’t have it any other way.

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Rich Ambler

Rich Ambler runs Brighton-based language training specialist Cactus. It provides courses in 25 languages across 45 countries and its clients include Channel 4, BT, Burberry and The Royal Bank of Scotland

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What I’m reading now

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose, by Eckhart Tolle - reviewed by Clive Wilson, managing director, Primeast

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Rising Star: Adam Price

Adam Price is the MD of Wales-based outfit SEOsitebuilder.com, which he established in 2004. He recently won Newport Business School’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

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Bad year: Northern Rock

The resignation of CEO Adam Applegarth and confirmation of the company’s demotion from the FTSE 100 have set the seal on a punishing year for Northern Rock.

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Good year: Oxford Metrics

Led by chief executive Nick Bolton, Oxford Metrics consists of three technology ventures developing motion and image capture products for the entertainment, defence, life science and engineering industries.

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Mike Southon

Mike Southon co-founded The Instruction Set in 1984, following a period treading the boards and working as a site manager on oil rigs. Five years later it was bought by global IT consultancy Hoskyns and since then Southon’s worked with numerous growing companies. He is co-author of The Beermat Entrepreneur

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Good year: Oxford Metrics

Led by chief executive Nick Bolton, Oxford Metrics consists of three technology ventures developing motion and image capture products for the entertainment, defence, life science and engineering industries.

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Mike Southon

Mike Southon co-founded The Instruction Set in 1984, following a period treading the boards and working as a site manager on oil rigs. Five years later it was bought by global IT consultancy Hoskyns and since then Southon’s worked with numerous growing companies. He is co-author of The Beermat Entrepreneur

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Jonathan Straight: Playing it straight

Anyone can spot an opportunity, but it takes someone special to seize it. He speaks to Ernst & Young’s 2006 Entrepreneur of the Year, Jonathan Straight, about how he built a £28 million turnover company from a business that no-one wanted.

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What I’m reading now

How to Turn Your Business into the Next Global Brand: Creating and Managing a Franchised Network, by Brian Duckett and Paul Monaghan - reviewed by Derek Lowe, Chief Executive Officer, Storm Communications

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Rising Star: Apatech

Apatech, a manufacturer of artificial bone-graft material, has grown sales to £3.1 million from £270,000 in 2005. We talk to CEO Simon Cartmell

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The economics of email

In 2006, the average email user received 126 messages per day, an increase of 55 per cent since 2003, according to research by The Radicati Group. So how do we sort the vital information from the dross?

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