News - Founders

What would a Burnham Britain mean for UK entrepreneurship?

Andy Burnham's landslide victory in Makerfield, followed by Keir Starmer's resignation, has all but ...

Why we started a business when the market collapsed

My co-founder, Peter Hargreaves, and I launched Jones Hargreaves in the depths of the credit crunc...

Ex-Dragons’ Den star reflects on the decision that cost him £35m

Former Dragons’ Den star Richard Farleigh has opened up about the decision that cost him £35m. T...

Castore acquires footwear brand Grenson Shoes

Castore, the tech-enabled Manchester-based sportswear brand, has acquired premium British footwear b...

Why has world-leading investor backed UK AI firm Partly?

One of the world’s top investors has backed a UK-headquartered AI company in a $50 million round o...

Building a multi-million pound business with Dad

Mark Stuart is on a mission to grow Stuart Energy into Europe’s premier power generation business....

Nobody tells founders that the hardest part isn’t the product

If you ask me what the hardest part of building Plumm has been, I won't give you the obvious answers...

From battling Rory McIlroy to scaling Raylo globally

A positive mindset can be the difference between winning and losing in elite sport - and the same is...

The 4am worries behind an 18-year success story

In 2008, while working at the commercial industrial division of Gordon Brothers – Smith Hodgkinson...

FEBE Growth 100 of founder-led businesses revealed

The FEBE Growth 100 has been revealed for 2026. The ranking of the UK’s fastest-growing founder...

I risked it all by becoming a ‘founder’ aged 53

On paper, Olliers Solicitors was a top-tier criminal defence firm. We were winning awards, attractin...

AdTech pioneer returns with mission to reinvent digital advertising

Rob Hall, co-founder of Playground xyz, the attention-based advertising platform acquired by GumGum ...

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