It is a pace that reflects his broader philosophy on leadership, one that challenges conventional thinking around balance and detachment. “I don’t like all this talk about work-life balance,” he says.

In elite sport, athletes rarely just practise their skills. They practise for the conditions. Part of Team Europe’s preparation for last year’s Ryder Cup involved wearing VR headsets. Why? To simulate ...

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Established in 1998 by Richard Reed, Adam Balon and Jon Wright, Innocent Drinks started out selling smoothies at a music festival in London. From these beginnings, it has grown into a global ...

Nick Grey is the founder and owner of Gtech, which specialises in cordless household appliances. It started out with vacuum cleaners, but has since expanded into products including hedge trimmers, ...

“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses,” Henry Ford, the founder of Ford Motor Company, once quipped. Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, didn’t conduct focus groups ...

In less than 10 years, founder and CEO Greg Jackson has powered Octopus Energy from plucky green start-up into the UK’s largest domestic energy supplier. There are now almost 13 million household ...

The story of The Body Shop has never lacked for twists and turns. It was founded by an activist entrepreneur, Anita Roddick, who disliked the cosmetics industry and the business status quo in equal ...

The Yellow Pages used to make life easier for everyone. By sorting businesses alphabetically into categories, it streamlined finding products and services and changed how small businesses reached ...

CEO pay is a hotly debated topic. Especially within the charity sector. Surely it is reasonable for those working in the charitable sector to expect salaries akin to those in similar positions while ...