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Ian Robertson

The founding CEO of the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship talks to Amy Duff

Peter Laybourn

The programme director for the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP) talks about the environmental and economic benefits to all businesses involved

The tender trap

Politicians want more public-sector contracts to go to small businesses. But small businesses are often reluctant to submit public-sector tenders. What's the solution? Peter Bartram finds out

Stephen Hughes

The director of northern Europe for Enterprise Ireland helps companies grow sales through international markets. But with consumer confidence starting to dip, he's in for a tough year

Joe Goasdoué

The chief executive of the British Quality Foundation believes excellence is about making your company stand out from the crowd

Philip Greenish

The chief executive of the Royal Academy of Engineering is striving to put the industry closer to the centre of society

The top skills contenders

Last month in Japan, hundreds of highly trained, super-skilled young people from across the globe gathered for the WorldSkills competition—a battle between 48 countries to determine who has the most skilled workforce

David Marlow

The chief executive of the East of England Development Agency

Leadership training gets personal

Director development is about more than skills; increasingly, it is about behaviour, finds Sarah Hanson

Rebecca Eastmond

The director of the Prince of Wales Arts & Kids Foundation

Dr Khalid Hafeez

The founding director of the Centre for Ethnic Entrepreneurship and Management

Alastair Wilson

The chief executive of the School for Social Entrepreneurs

Peter Reid

The chief executive of London Technology Network

Joan Richards

The youth business adviser at Business Connect, Neath Port Talbot

Sean Tompkins

The chief operating officer of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors

Why directors should be taken to task

Project management training for SMEs

Naina Patel

The chief executive of the Policy Research Institute on Ageing and Ethnicity

Fred Hasson

The chief executive of the Independent Games Development Association

Annika Small

The chief executive of not-for-profit organisation Futurelab

Kane Kramer

The co-founder of the British Inventors Society and the inventor of Monicall

David Kingham

The chief operating officer of Oxford Innovation

Terry Ryall

The chief executive of the new youth volunteering charity V
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