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Inside Elevate – the magazine for UK business leaders

Thursday, December 15, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Thought Leadership | Tags: business, entrepreneurs, entrepreneur, Grant Thornton, advice, magazine, insight, comment, subscribe, elevate, business leaders, Elevate magazine, features

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Grant Thornton’s Elevate magazine comes out but twice a year, and that’s why it’s packed with the latest thinking for and from UK business leaders. Here’s what you’ll find inside the latest issue and how to join our mailing list.

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Life-changers: 11 business leaders, 11 big decisions

Tuesday, December 13, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: My big decision | Tags: business, entrepreneurs, links, entrepreneur, my big decision, David Cameron, podcasts, EU, interviews, vodcasts, veto, My Big Decision, podcasts, business, decision, interviews, David Cameron, EU

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In the week that Prime Minister David Cameron made the historic decision to veto a new European Union treaty, we review our blog interview series on the life-changing decisions made by world-famous leaders in business…

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Festival of Business: Luke Johnson’s 10 points of entrepreneur wisdom

Friday, September 16, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Business advice | Tags: business, entrepreneurs, entrepreneur, Grant Thornton, Manchester, sponsor, Luke Johnson, conference, event, fob, speech, entrepreneurship, Telegraph, Festival of Business, start-ups

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Highlights from entrepreneur Luke Johnson’s afternoon address on entrepreneurship at the Telegraph’s Festival of Business today. Grant Thornton is a partner of the event – more coverage to follow…

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My Big Decision: Luke Johnson on taking over Pizza Express

Monday, December 06, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: My big decision | Tags: business, entrepreneurs, entrepreneur, risk, retail, Luke Johnson, franchise, My Big Decision, food, Pizza Express, takeover, restaurant

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Like many serial entrepreneurs, Luke Johnson believes in getting off your behind, facing down the risks and rising to a challenge. Never more so than in 1992, when he was living on an overdraft in order to help finance a reverse takeover of Pizza Express. It was a transformational moment, which he relives here as the latest subject of Grant Thornton’s My Big Decision series.

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Who is supporting Britain’s future entrepreneurs?

Thursday, November 25, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Business advice, My big decision, Economy | Tags: entrepreneurs, entrepreneur, networks, Luke Johnson, My Big Decision, mentors, forums, startups, community, Pizza Express, groups, clubs, support

Here on

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CEO interview: Nick Robertson of ASOS

Friday, September 03, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Retail sector | Tags: business, entrepreneur, CEO, online, interview, retail, Nick Robertson, ASOS, e-commerce, shopping

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Since internet fashion retailer began 10 years ago,

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My Big Decision: Seth Godin on firing his biggest client

Thursday, July 15, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: My big decision | Tags: business, entrepreneurs, entrepreneur, My Big Decision, marketing, customers, crisis, Seth Godin, clients, fired

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Seth Godin has the top-ranked

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Purple cows, action figures and a new My Big Decision

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: My big decision | Tags: innovation, entrepreneurs, entrepreneur, My Big Decision, marketing, brand, Seth Godin, action figure, purple cow, doll

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We’re pleased to announce that our next

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My Big Decision: Sahar Hashemi on why giving up Coffee Republic was a ‘great mistake’

Thursday, May 13, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: My big decision, Women in business | Tags: entrepreneurs, entrepreneur, women in business, CEO, My Big Decision, Sahar Hashemi, founder, Coffee Republic

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She’s the woman who plugged the caffeine cravings of a nation when, together with her brother, Bobby, she founded Coffee Republic in 1995. Now in Grant Thornton’s

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How to be a corporate entrepreneur by Sahar Hashemi

Monday, May 10, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: My big decision, Women in business | Tags: entrepreneurs, entrepreneur, tips, corporate, My Big Decision, customers, Bobby Hashemi, Sahar Hashemi, Pret a Manger, Coffee Republic

Sahar Hashemi is the co-founder of Coffee Republic, one of the most powerful women in British business and author of new book for entrepreneurs, Switched On . She’s also the subject of Grant Thornton’s next

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My Big Decision: Julie Meyer on launching a tech firm during the dot com downturn

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: My big decision, Financing , Women in business | Tags: business, entrepreneurs, investment, entrepreneur, technology, digital, women in business, CEO, financing, My Big Decision, Julie Meyer, Ariadne Capital, First Tuesday, backing, dot com, Dragon’s Den

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Setting up a technology-oriented investment firm just six months after the dot com bubble burst may sound like risky business. But as entrepreneur and BBC Dragon Julie Meyer explains, in Grant Thornton’s

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Budget provides entrepreneurs with £80k giveaway

Thursday, March 25, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Economy, Tax | Tags: business, tax, entrepreneurs, entrepreneur, capital gains tax, CGT, budget, Alistair Darling, relief, budget2010

‘Entrepreneurs’ may not have made the top 100 keywords used in Alistair Darling’s budget speech (see our Wordle below), but Budget 2010 held some good news for entrepreneurs looking to sell their business, as the Chancellor raised the level of

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10 tips for entrepreneurs by Ariadne CEO Julie Meyer

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Business advice, Financing , Women in business | Tags: entrepreneurs, recession, entrepreneur, financial, tips, forecasts, Julie Meyer, business plan, Ariadne Capital, fixed cost, leader, cause, Dragons’ Den

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She is the founder of Ariadne Capital, a technology-orientated investment firm, a Dragon on the BBC’s online Dragons’ Den and, according to the Wall Street Journal “one of the top 30 Most Powerful Women in Europe”. She’s also the subject of Grant Thornton’s next

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Risky e-business, green gurus and the Thinkers 50 – entrepreneur roundup

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Environment | Tags: business, entrepreneurs, links, entrepreneur, awards, success, leaders, failure, CK Prahalad, gurus, thinkers

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1970s party plan is back with an e-commerce twist

Monday, September 14, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Retail sector | Tags: recession, Ros Simmons, entrepreneur, VIE at home, direct sales, flexible working, e-commerce, launch, party plan, consultant, Virgin, women in business

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My rules for work-life balance in a 24/7 job

Thursday, September 10, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Retail sector | Tags: Ros Simmons, entrepreneur, women in business, VIE at home, Virgin, flexible working, work-life balance, launch, mobile phone, consultant

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How to put on a successful launch event

Thursday, August 27, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Retail sector | Tags: Ros Simmons, entrepreneur, women in business, VIE at home, Virgin, teamwork, Christmas, direct sales, presentations, event management, motivation, organisation, recognition

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It’s lift-off for our Christmas launch

Friday, August 21, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Retail sector | Tags: business, Ros Simmons, entrepreneur, women in business, VIE at home, Virgin, Christmas, event, launch, events company, production company

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Christmas comes early in business

Friday, August 14, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Retail sector | Tags: Ros Simmons, entrepreneur, women in business, VIE at home, Virgin, recruitment, Christmas, customers, Retail Week, promotions, campaign

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Business mentors, networks and the wrong A-levels

Wednesday, August 05, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Retail sector | Tags: Ros Simmons, entrepreneur, women in business, health, VIE at home, success, Virgin, fashion, networks, mentors, Liz Warom, beauty, Felicity Hone, mentoring, qualifications, London College of Fashion

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