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Simon Daniel: Charged with success

Simon Daniel is a little bit strange. He says things like: ‘Fifteen billion batteries a year are made and thrown away. I worked that out the other day to be the equivalent to a column of batteries going to the moon and back.’

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Arron Banks and John Gannon talk about serial deal making

For some entrepreneurs, buying a business is not only a full-time occupation, it's a pastime as well. Bristol-based entrepreneurs Arron Banks and John Gannon talk about serial deal making.

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The last laugh: Deirdre Bounds

'Shall we talk in the igloo?’ says Deirdre Bounds, teetotal ex-comedienne on the Northern nightclub circuit and founder of Horsforth-based travel business i-to-i.

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Mark Smith: Focus on your own strengths

Chief executive Mark Smith joined email marketing specialist TMN Media in 2003, initiating a fierce acquisition strategy that culminated in the addition of online advertising agency EDR and market research company The iD Factor.

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Offsetting carbon emissions works for Commercial Group

Cheltenham-based office services outfit Commercial Group (Commercial) is reaping the rewards after embarking on a programme to offset its carbon emissions. The company spent around £120,000 in trying to achieve a carbon neutral status.

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Lager than life: Karan Bilimoria

From meagre and untimely beginnings in recession-hit 1990, Karan Bilimoria tells GrowthBusiness how he has turned Cobra beer into a brand that is now sold in more than 45 countries.

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Wayne Hemingway: What I wish I’d known

Wayne Hemingway and his wife Gerardine founded fashion label Red or Dead in 1982 and won the British Fashion Council’s Street Style Designer of the Year award three times in a row. After selling the company in 1999 they set up Hemingway Design, which focuses on affordable and social design.

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Christian Nelleman of XLN Telecom – What I wish I’d known

Serial entrepreneur and high-flyer Christian Nelleman founded XLN Telecom in 2002 to offer an alternative telecoms service for small businesses. The company’s growth was phenomenal, advancing 800 per cent in the first year and has continued in the same vein.

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Wayne Hemingway: What I wish I’d known

Wayne Hemingway and his wife Gerardine founded fashion label Red or Dead in 1982 and won the British Fashion Council’s Street Style Designer of the Year award three times in a row. After selling the company in 1999 they set up Hemingway Design, which focuses on affordable and social design.

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Christian Nelleman of XLN Telecom – What I wish I’d known

Serial entrepreneur and high-flyer Christian Nelleman founded XLN Telecom in 2002 to offer an alternative telecoms service for small businesses. The company’s growth was phenomenal, advancing 800 per cent in the first year and has continued in the same vein.

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Wheels of fortune

You've worked your fingers to the bone to build up your business, so why not give yourself a well-earned treat - a convertible Aston Martin DB9 Volante, for example! Adam Wayland asks six successful entrepreneurs about the car they drive and whether they think it's an important status symbol...

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Stephen Armitage of Myfotowall on starting a business in a new market

As an ex-miner with experience in the print industry, Stephen Armitage, managing director of digital photo wall-scape company Myfotowall, is both practical and creative.

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Chris Mottershead: Tour operator de force

Self-driven, ambitious and always ready for a new challenge, Chris Mottershead is a travel industry pioneer and crystal ball gazer. We meet the man who has taken both Airtours and Thomson to the summit of the UK travel sector and is looking to weave similar magic with his new project, Travelzest.

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Eleksen Group: The portable keyboard

Weighing less than a couple of chocolate bars and rolling up to fit neatly into a briefcase, portable keyboards certainly live up to their name...

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