Malcolm McCulloch is one of a growing number of UK academics who are using the services of a technology transfer company to get their inventions off the drawing board and into our homes

Moonlighting is a sensible way to set up a business during a recession, according to the founder of Notonthehighstreet.com, Holly Tucker, who for more than a year ran a company while working for someone else

There are two possible directions to take if your business is bust: you can get an administrator, or you can ask the government to bail you out, writes Luke Johnson

Many options remain in spite of an economic slump that means there is minimal funding for new businesses just as there are few plum jobs, writes Luke Johnson

After four years, Acrodea's software runs on almost every new mobile in the country

After selling their first venture, two friends are putting the 'up' into upholstery online

I have a sentimental attachment to the role of luck and industry in ferreting out obscure opportunities among old-fashioned classifieds, writes Luke Johnson

A plan to sell fine wines in China has paid off by the caseload for the St Pierres

Andrew Owens set up a low-emission diesel company for almost nothing

Sophisticated new methods are being used to pursue prominent victims online

Joanna Meiseles was so unhappy with her son's first haircut that she started a salon

Being your own boss was once unusual in the region, but a lot has changed

Some companies are doing more than simply trying to ride out the downturn – they are actively planning expansion, writes Jonathan Moules.

Vikram Lal saw a chance to turn a profit in India's big cities where others had seen only confusion and frustratyion

Start-ups in the UK and US with similar ideas have taken different paths with their web-based schools