'Get them young' to make entrepreneurs
The key to creating a nation of entrepreneurs is through encouraging them while they are still young, a business expert has said.
Entrepreneurs 'go for it'
Entrepreneurs are people who "see an opportunity and go for it", according to James Brown, a partner at Grant Thornton in East Anglia.
Entrepreneurs 'need discipline'
Successful entrepreneurs need to be disciplined as well as having exuberance, passion and creativity, an academic has said.
Entrepreneur loophole 'may not work'
A loophole which entrepreneurs had believed may have helped them avoid the increase in capital gains tax (CGT) has been all but closed by the credit crunch, according to the Financial Times.
Stamp down for diversification
Investors are turning to alternative ventures in order to diversify their portfolios and protect themselves from the worst of the economic downturn, it has been reported.
Negative bank sinks strength of pound
The strength of the pound has fallen to its lowest rate in nearly two years in response to the Bank of England's Inflation Report.
Inflation Report warns of flat growth
Today's Bank of England Inflation report has said it expects the UK economy not to grow at all over the next year.
Inflation up and food price increase 'at record high'
Inflation in food prices has risen to its highest level in 28 years and overall inflation has continued to rise, according to new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Possible stabilising in the housing market
The housing market may be undergoing some level of stabilisation, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors's (Rics's) property sales survey for July has suggested.
'No one safe' from the credit crunch
The credit crunch and suffering economies are "like the plague" and will affect everyone, it has been claimed.
'Expand investments beyond the family business'
Family business investors should consider putting their money into other ventures as well in order to protect themselves against any losses made by their firm, an analyst has advised.
Ways to enthuse family heirs
Entrepreneurs who have built up their own successful businesses are often fearful that their children have not inherited the same drive for achievement, Kelly Spors has said.
Family firms 'must adapt in crunch'
Management structures in family businesses need to be adjusted if they are to survive the credit crunch, a new survey has claimed.
Running a family business 'not a formula'
Being the owner of a family firm and running it successfully is not simply a case of following a prescribed formula, a reviewer has said.
Women 'prizing open' to corporate world
Female professionals are prizing open the upper echelons of management to reach the heights of the corporate world in traditionally male-dominated industry, the Economist has reported.
Rowling continues philanthropic streak
Harry Potter creator J K Rowling is again set to show her philanthropic streak as she publishes the Tales of Beedle the Baird in aid of charity this December.
