Matthew Siddell, Director of Opulen ©Charlie Bibby 3:23pm

From failure can come success

The collapse of a young company may be a disaster but can lead to a bigger and better venture

From COMPANIES Jan 23, 2013

Business network Tradeshift gains an ally

US software supplier Intuit to market its online billing service

Jan 22, 2013

Technology drives upmarket rental boom

The web is shaping a new economy in which owning things is passé

RANJAN MAHTANI ©BERTON CHANG Jan 22, 2013

The right genes for making jeans

Ranjan Mahtani has built one of the world’s main trouser suppliers

From WORLD Jan 20, 2013

Universities back venture capital fund

Three Scottish colleges pledge £6m to boost for life sciences

From COMPANIES Jan 20, 2013

European VCs hit back over tech record

Success rates on par with Silicon Valley, data show

Business Questions Jan 18, 2013

Will privacy laws protect a company mole?

Is it possible to stop the leaks?

From COMPANIES Jan 18, 2013

UK visa rules limit foreign entrepreneurs

Business founders must prove they can invest £200,000

Luke Johnson Jan 15, 2013

When the youngster leaves home

If a founder sells a business to a large company, something dies

Ryszard Florek ©Agencja Gazeta Jan 15, 2013

A window of opportunity seized

Ryszard Florek started his company in communist Poland but had to adapt to capitalism

MBA Partners from BUSINESS EDUCATION Jan 14, 2013

Entrepreneurs learn to work together on the road to Mendeley

The MBA partners, who met at business school in Germany, have created one of the world’s largest research databases

Business Questions Jan 11, 2013

How do we stop ex-staff poaching clients?

Do we need clauses to prevent staff taking clients with them?

From WORLD Jan 9, 2013

Tax relief extended for angel investors

Individuals can avoid capital gains on investments before April 2014

Jan 9, 2013

From hobbits to a tech hotbed

Start-ups spawned by New Zealand’s film industry are finding new and global markets

From COMMENT Jan 8, 2013

Companies: The rise of the zombie

Groups propped up by state-backed credit can spend all their cash servicing debt rather than investing

Luke Johnson Jan 8, 2013

 Starting a business is all in the mindset

The villainous tendencies that conspire to crush creative endeavour can be beaten

Jan 8, 2013

The creative engineer

Tony Trapp set up a business 30 years ago. Now he can’t stop

From WORLD Jan 3, 2013

Cameron to unveil extra Start-Up cash

Age limit for applications raised to 30

From COMPANIES Jan 2, 2013

Community spirit helps start-ups to grow

Incubators and accelerators create networks of like-minded people

From BUSINESS BOOKS Jan 2, 2013

Ignore the ancient myth about high-fliers

A call to embrace a philosophy of fearlessness, where sorry is better than safe