CLIP 9 Internet Enterprise: Website Designers
13 mins 56 secs Fed up of working for someone else, Jill and Jonathan set up web designers Futurate. But things haven’t been easy – they almost went bust early on.
CLIP 126 Enterprise Case Study: Pimlico Plumbers
10 mins 18 secs Charlie Mullins left school at 15 and set up Pimlico Plumbers. Good service is the foundation of their success – but some customers are scathing….
CLIP 93 Starting Up: The Tea Room
12 mins 10 secs Croft Tea Room is a social enterprise in an eco-building set up to help a run-down area. ICT and determination helped Carole get her business started.
CLIP 10 Financing A Start-Up: Climate Cars
5 mins 45 secs Nicko Williamson funded green taxi Climatecars with money from family, friends and “business angels”. But has he given away too much of the ownership?
CLIP 7 Enterprise Case Study: Ecover
10 mins 21 secs Is it possible to be green and make a profit? Ecover make cleaning and washing products without petrochemicals which, they say, damage the environment.
CLIP 6 Enterprise Case Study: The Perfume Bar
11 mins 31 secs S’Amuser is a bold experiment in retailing. They offer customers the chance to blend their own perfumes and plan to launch franchises all over the country.
CLIP 5 Enterprise Case Study: The Green Beauty Company
12 mins 00 secs Green People make organic skin care products, using only natural ingredients. They claim their products avoid health problems such as allergies.
CLIP 4 Entrepreneur Profile: The Salad Bar Boss
10 mins 21 secs Tossed is a new salad bar chain set up by entrepreneur Vincent McKevitt in the teeth of economic crisis. We explore his risk-taking business style.
CLIP 3 Enterprise Case Study: The Mobile Phone Company
10 mins 08 secs Two brothers claim to be bringing an “ethical” approach to the mobile phone sales business. They started in a bedroom – but got into trouble with the neighbours!
CLIP 2 Enterprise Case Study: A Self-Employed Osteopath
9 mins 58 secs Osteopath Ayshe set up her own firm called Backbone. She describes the problems of running your own business – from finding premises to marketing.
CLIP 1 Enterprise Case Study: Tyrrells Crisps
10 mins 53 secs Fed up of being pushed around by the supermarkets, potato farmer William Chase invented Tyrrells’ crisps. They’re Britain’s big snack food success story.
CLIP 43 Budgeting & Cash Flow Forecasting: SRA
6 mins 56 secs How charity SRA uses a combination of budgeting and cash-flow forecasting to control its finances. Being realistic is vital in planning its budgets.