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Flying High

The Notonthehighstreet duo on growth and helping 3000 SMEs to thrive

THE CREATIVE SPARK

Tech entrepreneur and former Dragon Doug Richard on why he's backing the creative sector to get the economy growing

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Paul Lindley tells us how he turned Ella's Kitchen into a global success

Defining strategy for growth

Entrepreneurs discuss how they're innovating, leading and growing in turbulent times

KAREN AND ANDREW HOLLAND

The couple behind XCam – manufacturer of hi-tech science cameras

DIRECTOR OF THE MONTH

Patrona's Andrew Brundan on the key to start-up success

FULL STEAM AHEAD

With the UK coffee market forecast to be worth £7bn by 2015, Jeremy Knight's Redcup is aiming to scoop an even bigger share of the market – backed by one of Sweden's top roasters

Man of steel

Sheffield entrepreneur David Richards set up software firm WANdisco in Silicon Valley, and then hired 60 people back in his home city

Judith Clegg

The founder of business consultancy Takeout was named as one of the top 50 Global Exceptional Women at the WIE (Women: Inspiration and Enterprise) conference

Tim Oldman, Annie Leeson, Divyang Mistry

The founders of the Leesman Index had a solid foundation on which to build their company – having done business with each other as clients

ROGER POPE

We have our eyes opened by the Queen's optician at his dispensing practice in Marylebone, central London

VASHI DOMINGUEZ

It took perseverance but the founder of Diamond Manufacturers successfully broke into a tight-knit industry

GRANT MACDONALD

The owner of one of Britain's biggest silversmiths shows Director round his busy London workshop

ANTHONY DEMETRE AND WILL SMITH

Acclaimed chef Anthony Demetre and restaurant manager Will Smith revolutionised the London restaurant scene with first Arbutus and then Wild Honey and Les Deux Salons

THE KEY TO RECOVERY

Ariadne Capital's Julie Meyer on competition, collaboration and why we all need a dose of 'psychotic optimism'

LIZ AND RACHEL EDLICH

The founders of Radical Skincare on why they don't need celebrity endorsement

 

THE NEW FOOD PIONEERS

Meet six brilliant entrepreneurs who are the changing the way we eat

BEV KING

The owner of Z Hotels welcomes us into his luxurious branch in Soho