To celebrate British ingenuity, this special evening at the British Library brings together four inventors turned entrepreneurs featured in the BL exhibition that are not only building successful businesses, but making a real difference to our lives.
Aberdeen entrepreneur Gregor Mackintosh recently appeared on STV to talk about how his 'cold pressed rapeseed oil' business Mackintosh of Glendaveny has grown despite the global recession.
The following young entrepreneurs have been awarded for winning our latest monthly £1,000 Shell LiveWIRE Grand Ideas Awards given out at the end of August: Jodie Hughes (My Health Cards), Fozia Parveen (Signs4Life), Amanda Dobbratz (Ironbbratz CIC), Adam Soliman (Charbrew), Michael Holiday (Roots Design Workshop) and Catherine Langridge (Luminist Glass).
The 'Startups 100 - definitive countdown to the UK’s most innovative, inspiring and ground-breaking new companies' includes a number of prominent Shell LiveWIRE members and award winners.
On behalf of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), the Forum of Private Business is hosting a questionnaire to find out how business owners are being treated by the major lenders.
