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‘I had a multi-million pound business idea in the woods’

If you’d told me a few years ago that I’d be running a multi-location glamping brand turning ove...

Could Mindsett become ‘goose that laid the golden egg’?

Being first to market with a breakthrough technology can give you a huge advantage - but you must al...

The Apprentice runner-up tops £1m revenue for first time

Anisa Khan may have missed out on being crowned The Apprentice winner in 2025, but that has not stop...

Only 10 days left to enter Founder 250 list

There are only 10 days left to submit nominations for BusinessCloud’s inaugural Founder 250 list. ...

Meet black belt taking Leeds software house global

The thing I enjoy most about meeting founders is finding the small things you have in common. In ...

HR startup for AI era raises £1.7m

Manchester-based HR startup urfuture has raised £1.7m in seed investment as it looks to replace CVs...

Helping business leaders turn ambition into reality

BusinessCloud and UK Top 100 law firm Ward Hadaway joined forces for their latest roundtable to disc...

Why ‘unique’ HealthTech is at cutting edge of mental health support

One of the challenges facing UK universities is how to commercialise the world-leading innovations t...

Forbes 30 Under 30 founder raises £6m for TraqCheck

A Forbes 30 Under 30 founder who moved the HQ of his startup TraqCheck to London has raised £6 mill...

Chris Evans became my accidental first angel investor

I was standing backstage at a live TV show, staring at a fire exit, seriously considering running. ...

Nothing prepares you for losing everything

Nobody plans to lose everything. When you start a business, you imagine growth, success and momentu...

Founder profile: Jim Wilkinson, Zuto

The announcement of Jim Wilkinson’s exit as CEO of Manchester-based car finance company Zuto was i...

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