Business Analysis & Features

Peter Hambro: 'It's my job to produce cheap ounces of gold'

Peter Hambro: Banker, trader, magnate: a man with the Midas touch

Alistair Dawber: The old-school businessman shares the secrets of his success.

Inside Business Analysis & Features

The little tweets that could mean big money

Wednesday, 6 October 2010

It has hundreds of millions of users and a new chief executive, but can Twitter ever become a profitable high-flyer?

Britain finds an export star at last

Tuesday, 5 October 2010

Sales of British television programmes to the international market have hit an all-time high. Nick Clark reports

The Business on: Nick Anstee, Lord Mayor of London

Tuesday, 5 October 2010

I thought that blond bloke with the bikes ran our capital city?

Ireland takes a gamble on cutting its deficit

Sunday, 3 October 2010

While its government is still bailing-out banks, there's the small matterof a €3bn shortfall to take into account. Deirdre Hipwell reports

The flat-pack giant's secrets unpicked

Saturday, 2 October 2010

Ikea reveals details of its profits for the first time, writes James Thompson

The business on...Alison Cooper, Chief executive, Imperial Tobacco

Saturday, 2 October 2010

Is that steam I can see coming out of her ears?It's probably smoke. As befits her role running Britain's biggest tobacco company, Ms Cooper enjoys the occasional cigar, though you won't find her sucking on a Lambert & Butler, its best-known product.