Retail ruckus: Whelan vs Ashley
By Kate Pritchard
JJB Sports today looks set to sell its gymnasium business to its original founder Dave Whelan for £70m. But the deal has outraged Mike Ashley, owner of rival retailer Sports Direct, who is desperately trying to block the sale.

Alan Sugar: "Making money is better than sex!"
By Rebecca Burn-Callander
In a sneaky peek at the upcoming episode of The Apprentice, the grizzly Amstrad founder reveals that he prefers the cut and thrust of business to making sweet love. Wonder what Lady Sugar has to say about that...

Ben Bernanke sees “green shoots” of recovery
By Kate Pritchard
In the first interview by a Fed Reserve chairman since 1987, Ben Bernanke gave an upbeat forecast of the economic climate, claiming that the US could be out of recession this year.

FSB: "Local authorities must pay more attention to entrepreneurs"
By Kate Pritchard
The Federation of Small Businesses has kicked off a new campaign, calling on local authorities to listen to entrepreneurs and involve them in decision-making. We ask business owners: "Is this going to make a jot of difference?"

Furniture entrepreneur shares her pain
By Kate Pritchard
She feels "fat as a proverbial pig". She's craving cigarettes. And her employees have sunk into sloth and apathy. Our new diarist Jan Cavelle, founder of the eponymous furniture manufacturer, gives us a glimpse into her daily grind.

It's not all doom and gloom for entrepreneurs
By Rebecca Burn-Callander
Check out our Real Business vodcast with Will "King of Shaves" King and find out how his British shaving brand is trouncing Wilkinson Sword, boosting staff morale and why "thrift" is the order of the day.

Paphitis: "The snow froze sales at Ryman"
By Kate Pritchard
In an exclusive interview with Real Business, Dragons’ Den star Theo Paphitis admits that last month’s “snow day” crippled trade at his high-street stationery retailer Ryman, with turnover plummeting by half.

If you missed the Real Business Growing Business Awards...
By Rebecca Burn-Callander
Now's your chance to find out what it takes to be Entrepreneur of the Year from the man himself.

Alex Cheatle: "I never guessed how we'd grow"
By Kate Pritchard
When Alex Cheatle set up lifestyle concierge service Ten UK in 1998, he assumed his first 500 members would all “live in the same postcode and be asking for similar things”. He didn’t anticipate the nature of the company’s meteoric growth.

Timpo’s a Telegraph star
By Catherine Woods
Real Business has been a member of the John Timpson fan club for years – the master cobbler and tough-talking entrepreneur writes a column for us and also answers all your management questions. But now the Telegraph has wised up to Timpo’s truths and tips, offering the big man his very own spot in the top-selling national.