When most people move house and struggle to find decent furniture, they spend a few weeks moaning about the parking policy at Ikea or the prices at John Lewis, then forget about it... more
There's a festive mood in the capital and it's not just at the prospect of the royal wedding. Savvy Londoners have booked three days off work and will be celebrating the longest bank holiday in history... more
The best advertising agencies are entrepreneurial at heart, always looking for new ideas to increase profits. And with the annual results season having just finished, several themes emerge... more
Remember Goldman Sachs' endless spinning that it wasn't a recipient of the AIG bailout, and that the $14 billion it received at the time went to clients and counterparties, not to itself?... more
Anyone who reckons those Prince’s Trust meetings and receptions are a waste of their time should heed Tony Elliott the founder of Time Out, who has found a multi-millionaire saviour for the listings magazines and websites business he created 42 years ago... more
Crofter's daughter who came to London from Scotland as a teenager to make her fortune lands a £16million windfall as she sells her
restaurant booking website... more
Internet entrepreneur Martha Lane Fox launches a drive to get everyone in Britain online - saying the country would save £22 billion as a result... more
Many of the year’s big adventure movies will be released in the coming months including Iron Man 2, Prince of Persia and a re-make of television series The A-Team.
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Record numbers of British families will take their October half-term holidays in distant sun-spots because of the weakness of the pound and the 'staycation summer' washout, according to new figures... more
With so few women making it to the top in business, those who do have the pick
of plum boardroom jobs — and can make
a fortune juggling up to six at a time... more
It is a noisy, grimy roundabout, surrounded by grey concrete and crumbling tower blocks. Yet the interchange at Old Street, in what was once one of London’s most deprived areas, is where experts say the green shoots of recovery are already beginning to blossom... more
Martha Lane Fox has opened a new London branch of her karaoke chain and says the success of the business has been crucial in helping her mentally recover from a serious car crash... more
As the Evening Standard launches its awards to celebrate the dedication of NHS professionals - from porters to surgeons - entrepreneur and car crash survivor Martha Lane Fox pays tribute to the exceptional nurses who helped her walk again... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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