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18.08.09
Jane Rafter impressed the bullies on Dragon's Den with her Slinks sandals, Dolce & Gabbana have lauched a new mobile phone and Rock & Republic has a new line of sunglasses ... more

TV Dragons' Den judges tempted by Dusty The Musical

29.07.09
A theatre producer will tonight confront the BBC’s Dragons’ Den millionaires in the hope of staging a musical about Dusty Springfield.... more

Reborn Lions are on course to restore their pride

22.05.09
Football: After years of chaos Millwall are on the verge of something big as 45,000 fans head to Wembley for a showdown with Scunthorpe... more

I turned down the Dragons, now the orders are flooding in

23.03.09
An inventor who turned down £150,000 in the Dragon's Den for a device that stops baths overflowing is celebrating after winning a contract with a leading hotel... more

Tycoons visit gallery to see investment shaping up

19.03.09
A sculptor who won investment on Dragons' Den has exhibited his work for the first time in London... more

Telegraph tycoons find wonder of Woolies

02.02.09
Woolworths is coming back from the dead - at least on the internet... more

Two Dragons are burned as eco-truck firm crashes

19.01.09
Transport: Two of the stars of hit BBC2 show Dragons' Den are on the brink of losing £127,000 after the eco-haulage firm they backed went into administration... more

'Too late' fear over Woolies rescue move by Sir Geoff

10.12.08
Retail: A last-ditch rescue bid for Woolworths is being launched, but analysts fear it has come too late to save the beleaguered chain... more

Nice try, Theo, but here's why Woolies will vanish

08.12.08
EARLY on Thursday morning, my phone went. It was Theo Paphitis. He was nursing a hangover from a staff drinks party but there was another reason, he confessed, why he was feeling "completely shattered".... more

Hundreds out of a job at Woolies' London head office

05.12.08
Hundreds of staff at Woolworths' head office in Marylebone Road, London, are being axed as the once-iconic pick 'n' mix store chain is wound down... more

The man who might have found a bargain at Woolies

05.12.08
This week Ardeshir Naghshineh almost gave up trying to buy Woolworths and checked out of Claridge’s... more

Fears of deeper slump as thousands more jobs are cut across Britain

04.12.08
A dramatic day of job losses across all sectors of the economy has increased fears the recession could be one of the deepest in memory... more

Could Theo the Dragon be the one to breathe fire into Woolies?

03.12.08
Profile: How Theo Paphitis, a dyslexic Greek-Cypriot with three O-levels, made £100m turning round High Street failures and is now mulling his biggest challenge ... more

Dragons' Den reject defies the odds to make £1m in the U.S.

14.09.08
A Dragons' Den contestant who was told she would be 'walking into the lions' den' if she tried to sell her invention in the U.S. has turned over £1m in just four months.... more

Rhapsody in electric blue: Kate Garraway slips into a clingy little number for TV Quick awards

08.09.08
GMTV presenter Kate Garraway showed off a bold front in a little blue dress as she joined the stars at the TV Quick and TV Choice awards.... more

I went to hell on the way to winning Dragons' Den, says DJ Robin Banks

06.09.08
Last week, he charmed TV’s notoriously tough Dragons into handing over £60k. But a year ago, blitzed on drink and drugs, DJ Robin Banks was on the brink of death... more

Hairdresser told to get knotted by TV Dragons lands Boots deal

20.08.08
A Dragon's Den reject has had the last laugh after his innovative hairbrush was snapped up by Boots... more

Dragons' Den reject has the last laugh after hair Tangle Teezer is stocked by Boots

19.08.08
They are famed for their business acumen but it seems that the five tycoons of Dragons' Den made a serious mistake when they gave hairdresser Shaun Pulfrey the brush-off.... more

Mission accomplished: David Walliams and James Cracknell finish swim to Africa in four and a half hours

08.03.08
Little Britain star David Walliams, Olympic rower James Cracknell and friend Greg Whyte completed their Sport Relief swim to Africa today. The triumphant pair crossed the 12-mile Strait of Gibraltar in four hours 36 minutes... more

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