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As part of the hugely popular My First Million Financial Times series – Stephen Fear gives a full overview of his C.V to date, shedding light on the nickname of “The Phonebox Millionaire” and the successful and diverse history to his family business – Fear Group. Stephen is featured alongside well…
Complex regulations around tax and VAT can seem onerous to SMEs, but there is support available to help businesses cut through the red tape. Amid a climate of strengthening business growth and economic prosperity, budding SME exporters should be feeling more confident than ever about sending their goods and services…
Networking is essential for starting up or growing a business. When I speak to small business owners and sole traders, an overwhelming majority say most of their business comes from their own network or contacts they have made through an event or introduction. However a ComRes poll for the British…
Libraries lend themselves to new business creation Manchester’s imposing Central Library reopened this weekend with a mission to inspire a new generation to read – and start businesses
‘Third spaces’ offer flexible solution for working on the move Today’s SMEs have a wealth of free or low-cost options where staff can work, socialise or hold meetings
Stephen Fear’s quote to the Daily Mail:
Leon Fear comments in an article by Zoe Dare for The Telegraph on 13th September 2015: Buying a new-build property: developer ‘freebies’ With new developments still proving hard to sell in some areas of the country, Zoe Dare Hall asks if tempting new-build offers really are good value.
Leon Fear comments in an article by Zoe Dare Hall for The Telegraph on 5th April 2013: Property shows, courses and seminars – worth it? The footballer Robbie Fowler, who owns at least 80 rental properties worth an estimated £28 million, has just launched his buy-to-let academy offering free workshops for…
Moves to encourage staff ownership win broad approval, say Hesham Zakai and Hugo Greenhalgh The government’s launch of measures intended to increase the number of businesses designed along the lines of John Lewis, the retailer owned by it’s staff, has been met with broad approval by small and medium sized…
On your marks for Rio 2016, businesses told As the Paralympic Games draw to a close this week-end, small and medium-sized enterprises are already sizing up the next Olympic opportunity: Rio 2016.
The phone box millionaire THERE are many entrepreneurs who started their business in a spare bedroom. Stephen Fear did not even have that. His office was a public phone box on the council estate where he lived with his father. But it was the base from which he launched…