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  • There’s no shame in loyalty

    AISI

    Mario Jaconelli tells Brian Nicholls why loyalty still pays in career building.

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  • One thing leads to another

    ent

    Andy Lenney seems to be launching a new business every month. Peter Baber asks whether he can keep it up?

  • Built on strong foundations

    Success story

    Southdale Homes has reached its 25th anniversary in tough conditions mainly because of how nimble it can be, its managing director tells Peter Baber.

  • Never too old to go it alone

    AISI

    Carl Hopkins, a former ‘Secret Millionaire’ on Channel 4, explains why he is backing a venture aimed at encouraging older people to start new businesses.

  • Par for the course

    Paul Atkinson

    Paul Atkinson is one of Scotland’s most successful serial angel investors. Yet he still managed to keep a strong foothold in the world of IT recruitment, as Kenny Kemp finds.

  • How supercapacitors changed the world

    AISI

    Dr Peter Harrop, chairman of IDTechEx, a technology consultancy group, says we must wake up to the chemical compounds of the future.

  • Making a point in business

    ent

    After London 2012 and ahead of the Glasgow Games, sports business is booming. Richard Orr meets three Scottish stars who have created businesses on the back of athletic success.

  • Changing for the better

    Ewing

    Fergus Ewing wears three hats as a Scottish Government minister - for Enterprise, Tourism and Energy, all essential aspects of Scotland’s economy. Kenny Kemp caught up him.

  • Data security time bomb warning

    Sony

    A new report has warned that UK businesses are at risk from a ticking ‘data security time bomb’ caused by employees ignoring corporate policy over their technology usage.

  • African opportunities open up for UK firms

    Insight

    Senior figures from some of the UK’s biggest firms gathered in London recently to learn how to break into two of Africa’s fastest emerging markets, Angola and Mozambique.

  • Kari's looking angelic

    Kari Owers

    Becoming a Woman Entrepreneur of the Year prompts Kari Owers to consider what she might do to help other people take the plunge into a business start-up.

  • Deals in motion

    ent

    F1 enthusiast and powerful force for Scottish business, Jim McColl, shared the secrets of success at a recent event in Glasgow. BQ charts the deals that mark his rise to the top.

  • Making up for lost time

    Motors

    As a latecomer to driving, Richard O’Brien, head of PR at DBS Law, is certainly no petrol head - or at least he wasn’t until BQ intervened by giving him a new E-Class Hybrid Mercedes to test drive.