Following redundancy, Andrew Randall used his networking skills to build a six-figure turnover marketing business
The professional IT services company that has 40% growth year on year.
Sarah McVittie was 25 when she set up her text information service. She tells us how she did it.
David Hathiramani on setting up an online tailoring company with Warren Bennett
James Minter turned an unused London building into an entrepreneurs club with a difference. He tells us how
Ben Grant tells us about his revolutionary new advertising tool - the Admirror
The Monitise founder on how he sold his technology to big business.
The Powerchex founder on why redundancy can sometimes be reason to break open the champagne
Overcoming a lack of funding and negative attitudes, Penny Streeter has built up a £60 million business
Farmer's wife Sally Robinson braved her family's disapproval to set up successful online bra business Ample Bosom
The co-founder of Betfair.com talks to Startups.co.uk about the gamble that paid off
The co-founder of Betfair.com talks to Startups.co.uk about the gamble that paid off
Russell Singler turned his passion for cartoons into a business that's anything but two-dimensional
Colin Tweedy, CEO of Arts and Business, talks about the upcoming awards and why small businesses shoud sponsor the arts
Amin Saleem explains how his online car auction business has steered its way to success
The Trimega Laboratories founder on his revolutionary hair testing business
Sally Preston overcame a series of setbacks to launch Babylicious. She tells Startups.co.uk how she did it.
How one rug designer has got success covered
How Aisling Collins' internet café had the grounds for a great business
Find out why John Paleomylites' price comparison site was crowned 'Business of the Year 2006'
The Tribewanted co-founder on social enterprise, island shopping and why PR will make or break you
A 16-year-old entrepreneur in the media glare, Oliver Bridge is keeping his feet on the ground
Michael Welch's tyre firm got his big name rivals into a spin while he was barely into his 20s. He tells us how he did it
Former dancer Emma Boardman on how she gave up the stage to become a top entrepreneur
John Kearon decided to stop thinking up great ideas for other companies and set up BrainJuicer, his own online market research firm
Discover how the success of Bravissimo caught its founder, Sarah Tremellen, unprepared
Find out how fudge became big business for entrepreneur Justine Cather
Ajmail and Sudarghara Dusanj are hoping to toast success in their battle against the beer giants
The Pimlico Plumbers founder on why selling up would be like jumping off a winning horse
The serial entrepreneur and investor on High Court battles and £1m cheques
The founder of online translation company Lingo24 on why international trade is vital
The Seriously Responsible Print founder on setting up an eco-friendly, socially responsible company
Irwin Armstrong has forged a niche in the home-testing healthcare market. He tells us how.
Chris Kelly started his new fantastic new business while studying medicine at Cambridge. We find out how
The founder of Blessd tells Startups why her company will be the solution to hundreds of curvy women who find it hard to buy clothes that fit.
Clare stepped out of the shadow of her famous father to set up a successful jewellery business
Coffee-to-go has been an instant success for Martyn Dawes
Bobby Haschemi tells how he and his sister woke up one day and smelt the coffee
The co-founder of theatre production company Three Sixty Entertainment on raising £2.75m from 58 angels
Eric Guilloteau left his job at BT to woo investors and create Corizon, a software product company
The Anglesey Sea Salt Company founder on surviving five years of financial loss
The founder of fast-expanding care home operator, Elder Homes, tells us his start-up story
The Young Guns founder explains how some pretty smooth blagging landed the company its first gig
The entrepreneurial whizz-kid talks to Startups.co.uk about his amazing rise to success.
Jonathan Ormerod tells us how he is revolutionising the hearing aid market
Startups Award-winning Tom Allason has delivered success with his innovative courier company
Despite struggling to get a bank account in the early days, Elizabeth Gooch has made Eg Solutions into a continent-spanning success.
Gary Nicholson always wanted to be his own boss. Now his business is going from strength to strength.
Paul Lindley's kids' food company is as popular with parents as it is with children. He tells us why.
Justin Rhodes has turned the humble belt into the basis of a Startup Award-winning business. He tells us how
After realising there was a gap in the market for quality wedding stationery, Annabelle Hamilton has seen her business grow and grow
Helen Colley took a no-nonsense approach to make her hot pudding business a success. She tells us how
Jukes Leaver & Tim Slade started off selling t-shirts at ski resorts, now they're turning over £25 million
If awards were given for happy staff, Feel Good Drinks would be a shoe-in. Co-founder David Wallwork explains why the firm has a smile on its face
Salma Rana realised there was a gap in the market for a women's football website. She's since scored a spectacular success with FemaleSOCCER.net.
Following a stillbirth, Pat Moores was frustrated at the lack of honest information on parenting. So she set up her own website, to stunning success.
Sam Hunter's cosmetics firm has flourished with a little help from her family
The Micro Business of the Year winner at the Startups Awards has found the right ingredients to success
Paige Allen reveals how she made the piece of fruit in kids' lunchboxes fun
The restaurateur and founder of the Duke of Cambridge on ethical business
From soldier to entrepreneur: Find out how the Broadland Rail founder's career change paid off
The Innergy LPG founder on why it took him so long to pluck up the courage to go solo
The Zopa managing director explains where the idea came from, how they got regulatory approval, and how they dealt with the loss of their founder.
At just 22-years-old James Murray Wells has come from nowhere and taken the world of optometry by storm
Startups Awards winner Keith Johnston reveals how innovation helped his business to the top
The co-founder of Jemma Kidd Make Up School on launching the international cosmetics brand
Stephen Waring's first office was in the back of his Ford Sierra, but has since seen his business blossom
Christian Woolfenden's not-for-profit tree-planting business impressed judges at the Startups Awards. Find out why
A former city banker who had a change of heart in business
Paul Gilmore has certainly shown the potential of the franchise. He tells us about his success.
Motherhood spurred Hayley Miller into starting a business. She tells Startups.co.uk how she did it.
The founders of Notonthehighstreet.com on building a community of unique and quirky retailers
Rick Holroyd and Nick Howe have formed the perfect partnership to take the catering world by storm
Trevor Brocklebank on how his business is changing the way care is offered to older people in the UK
Erika Harman makes a living out of the ultimate supply and demand industry: offering food to hungry people
Rocky Mirza is an entrepreneurial heavyweight. Before launching iBETX, an online betting exchange, he'd had several other online ventures and has plans for more. He talked to Startups.co.uk about launching on iBETX and shared a few hot tips for those of you that fancy a flutter!
Identikids founder Nadine Lewis explains how her booming business is keeping lost children safe
We talk to IMS Lettings founder, Chris Griffin, Startups Service Business of the Year 2005
Iain Scott explains how working for free helped boost the profile of his company
Ashley Wheaton explains how he fulfilled a 20-year dream by starting up leading skills firm Infobasis
How a passion for business has given Lena Bjorck her just desserts
Katharine Roseweare and Tricia Weener have overcome adversity to make quick-fire success of their business
In eight years, Mark Herbert has expanded his IT startup InTy into a global operation with a quarter of a million customers.
The restaurateur reveals all about his investment woes, blowing budgets and winning landlords over
The Tiffinbites founder reveals how a passion for healthy home-cooked Indian food led to his chain of restaurants
The Concert Live co-founder on setting up his award-winning company with school friend Adam Goodyer
The SportStars founder and winner of the 2007 Startups Awards explains how he turned £1,000 into £1.2m
The Frodsham Laser Clinic founder on using her business to help herself and others
The founder of waste collection service Any Junk? explains why one man’s unwanted stuff is another's goldmine
The Seatwave founder tells us why he’s giving the ticket touts a run for their money
Startups has a catch-up session with the BeatThatQuote.com founder.
The Foxtons founder on building one of property’s biggest brands in the midst of a recession
The Ballz.com founder tells us about his sports retail networking site, and his award winning business plan
The Richer Sounds founder talks to Startups.co.uk about his career and entrepreneurship
A specialist copy shop was the route to success for two brothers. Find out how.
The SimplySwitch co-founder on tuning out during board meetings and losing out to Deborah Meaden
We speak to the award winning Kell Systems, who have opened up a totally new market with their innovative ideas.
The founder of A Woman's Touch on breaking the mould with her all-female property maintenance business
Jennie Johnson tells us how frustration at the lack of decent childcare services led her to set up own award-winning centres
Zubeir Mukri's deliberate approach, alongside business partner Chris Bint, has helped his email marketing firm flourish
The Just-Eat CEO on company growing pains, VC success and why he loves British drizzly weather
The Great Guns Marketing founder on why turning down two job offers was her best career move to date
Karina Thomsen and David Wall have transported success across the North Sea with their business discount firm
The young entrepreneur talks about starting her jewellery business with the help of the Prince's Trust
Glenys Berd reveals why her online shoe venture fits so well
Andrew Gerrie talks about Lush's rise to the top
Russell Lux went from selling PCs to fellow students at university to running a multi-million pound IT firm
Jurga Zilinskiene explains her experience of starting up a business after moving to the UK
The Cocoabean founder on rewriting the recruitment reputation
eTickets founder on why they're changing the industry and reaching out to smaller events
The Daisy Communications founder on preparing for an AIM flotation
The Bebo founder explains how he built an $850m site in just over three years
The AdJug co-founder on knowing when to adapt your original concept and the dearth of British tech talent
While working in the catering trade, Lucy decided to go it alone. His group of restaurants are now worth £9 million.
Mitesh Soma on setting up online pharmacy, ChemistDirect.co.uk
Caroline Rowland can take some pride from the London 2012 Olympic bid - her startup firm provided the promotional film
The Moonpig.com founder on why word of mouth PR created a £20m business
The ASOS founder talks about fashion, celebrities and making it big online
The CEO of Big Issue Invest on his latest social enterprise venture
The Young Marmalade co-founder on getting young drivers into safer cars
Tim Vyrenhoef, founder of Nutratech, tells us about his technology based dieting business
The Steak Media co-founder on growing fast and resisting corporate buy-outs
Anthony Ball is creating a buzz in the mobile phone world with his online comparison service. He talks to Startups.co.uk
Harry Cragoe reveals how to sample the taste of success
The chief executive of Fifteen London tells us why social enterprise is the way of the future
Cash-rich, time-poor Londoners are the lifeblood of Alex Fontaine's successful concierge business. The Startups.co.uk award winner tells us how she made it.
Faced with a lack of interest in her debut book, Preethi Nair did the less than obvious - set up her own publishing company, create an alter ego and keep the whole thing a secret from friends and family. It worked.
How this succesful sandwhich shop filled up a gap in the market
The Masala Masala founder on why a great business idea is like an infection
Design with a difference
Never content to follow the crowd Jim Fowle and Dave King offer multi-media design with a difference.
There's nothing fishy about this company's rise to the top
Find out how Justin Francis carved out a place in the tourist industry with his eco-friendly travel firm.
The founder of the Instant Offices group tells us how his company became the biggest in the sector
The Miniclip founder explains how he gets 36 million visitors to log on to his games site
The Shiply.com founder on bootstrapping, learning to recruit and keeping an eye on the competition
Childcare and the blow of redundancy didn't stop Gemma Stone launching her own events firm
Gemma Stone's redundancy laid the foundations of Rock and Ruby, one the UK's brightest event management firms
Shelley Murphy has pursued a holistic approach with her award winning business
Jonathan Duffy's love of sailing inspired him to set up a UK arm of SailTime, a successful yacht-sharing business.
Kerry and Derek Ellway explain why their beauty franchise cares
Mark Engelhardt tells us how his software company has been doubling business year on year
The pay-per-click pioneer, and star of Millionaires' Mission, on the rewards of social enterprise
The founder of the online bra store Know Knockers talks about finding a 'small' in the market
The Carluccio's co-founder on the invention of a brand new restaurant concept
Adrian Reeves rode the dot.com storm to make a huge success of website provider Sitewizard.co.uk
Simon Purchall's cracked teeth led to the formation of a business - with a little help from a country over 1,000 miles from the UK
Samantha Burlton's business has tapped into the organic products market to great success. We find out how she did it
The Trustedplaces founder on why good staff are the most important aspect of running a business.
The MD of Divine Chocolate tells us why social enterprise and fair-trade is the future
Christina Domecq tells us how she's hoping to reach the £100m turnover mark within a few years with her voice-to-text-business.
Emma Cheevers and Alex Suhner have turned heads in the fashion world with their lingerie business
The TrueCall founder on product testing, running out of stock and snaring Peter Jones
Andrew Valentine and Brett Akker found success by starting up a car rental business with a twist
The founder of Plum Baby on how she started her organic baby food business.
The bridal and evening-wear designer on how her eponymous label became a leading brand
Chelsey Baker's varied career has seen her be a model, financial trader and actress. She is now building a mini TV empire. She tells us how.
How a new type of Indian cuisine became a real hot ticket
This husband and wife team has been helping the public to a more stylish bedtime since 1994
Tai Broadhurst explains how her Startups Award-winning business has toyed with success
David Charlton exemplifies the entrepreneurs’ dictum: if at first you don’t succeed, try and try again
Alpa Saujani's idea of playing cupid for Asian professionals led to a business set up with real passion - the Tantric Club
Pip Martin's love affair with wine prompted him to go it alone with The Wine Adventure - a successful tasting company
The Eden Project founder on the ‘Moses way’ of doing business
Arriving in the UK just eight years ago from her native Lithuania, Jurga Zilinskiene has a thriving translation business with over 200 clients
The Garlik co-founder talks Egg, Tim Berners-Lee and £13bn flotations
The founder of Kazuri Beads Ltd, tells us how his company survived political upheaval in Kenya and went on to win exclusive trading contracts with John Lewis
The Lonely Planet founder talks about how a journey inspired a multi-million pound, global business
Touchdown was started as a standard marketing agency, but evolved into something unique, an agency that puts brands together with other brands
After 40 years in the haircare industry, silver fox Brian Plunkett has developed an award winning new idea
Katie Olver tells us how she set up her extremely popular personalised novel company.
Tom Bloxham single-handedly kick-started the loft living boom that has transformed the once grim and grimy centres of the cities of north west England
Russell Hirst set up his online florist business for £10. Find out how he did it.
Arjun Varma serves Indian food all over the world and has clients that include royalty and A-list celebrities.
Victoria Real is run by a couple of guys who just want to do what they’re interested in – and so far they’re doing rather well at it.
The sharp-suited fashion entrepreneur talks to Startups.co.uk
The co-founder of Red or Dead and Hemingway Design tells us how customising old clothes turned him into a designer
How one idea translated into a big success, and how a good research helped cement that success
Richard Marett and Ron Van Der Meer on how they've made maths fun to learn
The King of Shaves founder on taking on the market leader, and enjoying the fight
Janet Shelley has taken on the male-dominated building industry and now employs the UK's largest female construction workforce
The founder of Toptable.co.uk talks to Startups.co.uk about finding a recipe for success
