Entrepreneur of the Year 2006
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The annual Ernst & Young awards seek to recognise hard graft as well as glamour in a contest that rewards the best of British enterprise. The contest is a way of unveiling remarkable stories of individual achievement.
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Cinema chief named entrepreneur of year
Tim Richards, an entrepreneur who created a cinema chain worth £350m from scratch in just eight years, has won the title UK Entrepreneur of The Year 2006.
High achievers compete for kudos
The annual Ernst & Young awards seek to recognise hard graft as well as glamour in a contest that rewards the best of British enterprise, writes Lionel Barber, Editor.
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Q&A
Ask the expert: How to succeed as an entrepreneur
Easyjet’s Stelios Haji-Ioannou kicks off our Entrepreneur of the Year competition by answering readers’ questions. A former winner of the competition, sponsored by the FT and Ernst & Young, the founder of the no-frills airline answers questions on what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur.
Young Enterprise
How young entrepreneurs can win their spurs
Sir Michael Savory, the new chief executive of Young Enterprise, the business education charity, outlines his plans to spur entrepreneurship in the UK.
Start-up secrets
Advice straight from the dragon’s mouth
Doug Richard - a dragon in the BBC TV series Dragons’ Den and technology entrepreneur with over 20 years’ experience - says starting a fast growth company is a frame of mind: a way of approaching how you think about the business. Get it right and the business unfolds in front of you.
Interview
It’s easy as you go for EasyJet’s entrepreneur
Henry Tricks takes a bus ride with Stelios Haji-Ioannou and listens to his views and hopes for the future of his business empire.
Survival
Why some start-ups finish badly
The problems that push smaller companies towards untimely closure can teach budding entrepreneurs a few important lessons, writes FT Your Business editor Jonathan Moules.
Gordon Brown
Britain’s future lies in entrepreneurial talent
The Britain I want is a Britain of enterprise – where every young person is challenged not just in sport, arts and the professions but in business and commerce to make the most of their talents, says Gordon Brown, chancellor of the exchequer.
