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Freedom fighter
There is nothing in business quite as useful as tenacity. Peter Baber meets a man who not only impresses in that particular characteristic but who is also rarely short of ideas.
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Uniformity means stability
One man’s vision of schoolwear manufacture as a niche area has revived a sector of the Yorkshire textiles business.
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The road map makers
Telecoms entrepreneur Ian Gillespie calls in the executive team to discuss with Brian Nicholls their latest new venture which they say could be good news particularly for SMEs.
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Where there’s a will there’s a way
Will Ryles and his tiny team make bathrooms look different. He tells Brian Nicholls how one family’s life in the bush inspired the launch of a bold venture in home improvement here.
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On the crest of a wave
Who says the old shipyard skills are lost? They’re amply in evidence in Chris Millman’s fleet of activities at Blyth. Brian Nicholls reports.
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Diamond geezer
A sector as solidly traditional as jewellery retailing doesn’t often experience reinvention, but as Peter Baber discovers, there are ways to do exactly that and make a real success out of it.
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How the West was won
With her dad’s cash, Petra Wetzel set up a bold Bavarian brewing company in Glasgow that hit the buffers. She tells Kenny Kemp how she's now rebuilding the business.
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Where business angels fear to tread
What a great wheeze. Take one of Scotland’s most prominent business angels to his nearby church and have him pictured looking up at an ornate cherubim. Cliched? Cheesy?
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Happy in a hole
Now that John Dickson has both feet back on the ground, new ways of moving an industry forward have suddenly emerged, as he tells Brian Nicholls.
