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
Sally Preston overcame a series of setbacks to launch Babylicious. She tells Startups.co.uk how she did it.
How Aisling Collins' internet café had the grounds for a great business
Former dancer Emma Boardman on how she gave up the stage to become a top entrepreneur
Discover how the success of Bravissimo caught its founder, Sarah Tremellen, unprepared
The Spinvox founder on her aspirations for £100m turnover
Clare stepped out of the shadow of her famous father to set up a successful jewellery business
The Eg Solutions founder on continent-spanning success.
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
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 Love Those Shoes founder reveals why her online venture fits so well
Motherhood spurred Hayley Miller into starting a business. She tells Startups.co.uk how she did it.
Erika Harman makes a living out of the ultimate supply and demand industry: offering food to hungry people
Identikids founder Nadine Lewis explains how her booming business is keeping lost children safe
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
The Kids Allowed founder on her award-winning childcare centres
Find out how fudge became big business for the founder of Burnt Sugar
The U Star Novels founder tells us how she set up her extremely popular personalised novel company.
Jurga Zilinskiene explains her experience of starting up a business after moving to the UK
Caroline Rowland can take some pride from the London 2012 Olympic bid - her startup firm provided the promotional film
The FruityFaces founder reveals how she made the piece of fruit in kids' lunchboxes fun
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.
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
The Coffee Republic co-founder talks about entrepreneurship and how she's building on previous success
The Apprentice runner-up on her journey from Amstrad to setting up her own business
The So Organic founder tells us how she tapped into the organic products market to great success
The Textperts founder on setting up her SMS information service.
Emma Cheevers and Alex Suhner have turned heads in the fashion world with their lingerie business
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.
Tai Broadhurst explains how her Startups Award-winning business has toyed with success
Alpa Saujani's idea of playing cupid for Asian professionals led to a business set up with real passion - the Tantric Club
Arriving in the UK just eight years ago from her native Lithuania, Jurga Zilinskiene has a thriving translation business with over 200 clients
Janet Shelley has taken on the male-dominated building industry and now employs the UK's largest female construction workforce
Kerrie Keeling on breaking the mould with her all-female property maintenance business
The co-founder of Jemma Kidd Make Up School on launching the international cosmetics brand
Liz Jackson on why turning down two job offers was her best career move to date
The founders of Notonthehighstreet.com on building a community of unique and quirky retailers
The founder of Toptable.co.uk talks to Startups.co.uk about finding a recipe for success
The Cocoabean founder on rewriting the recruitment reputation
The chief executive of Fifteen London tells us why social enterprise is the way of the future
The chief executive of Fifteen London tells us why social enterprise is the way of the future
The Masala Masala founder on why a great business idea is like an infection
The Red Letter Days founder and former Dragon on business failures, and finding her feet again
The founder of the online bra store Know Knockers talks about finding a 'small' gap in the market
The MD of Divine Chocolate tells us why social enterprise and fair-trade is the future
The MD of Divine Chocolate tells us why social enterprise and fair-trade is the future
