Craig Powell, founder of LocalTraders.com, has had a busy 18 months. After a successful launch in the UK last year, Powell started to scout out the international opportunities for his online 'Yellow Pages'. Avoiding the obvious territories, Powell made the canny move of targeting smaller, less competitive markets. Here's the lowdown on his Scandinavian adventure.

The new series of Dragons' Denis set to air in July (Cheers for that, Peter Jones!). Alan Gleeson, general manager at Palo Alto Software, has these tips for entrepreneurs who want to take advantage of Dragon investment or the pure marketing potential of Dragons' Den - without giving away more than they can afford to lose.

Another day, another crowdfunding startup - and this one, we like a lot. Billing itself as an 'innovative publishing platform', Unbound's blurb says it 'allows authors to write the books they want and readers to choose what gets published'.

There's never been a better time for businesses to 'go green'. Government has pushed funding through various channels to make the installation of renewables and the implementation of energy efficiency changes very attractive propositions. In some cases these measures could even provide extra revenue for your company. Here's a round-up of why going green isn't just good for the environment; it's also a sound investment.

Wear Chemistry was set up in July 2010 by ex-City workers Trish Richards and Brad Cheng. In just seven months they have managed to strike deals with online stockists ASOS, NotOnTheHighStreet.com and Etsy. They take a minute out of their work day to explain the Wear Chemistry proposition.

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It's about as secretive as a fart in lift. Topshop has embraced the pop-up shop trend and created a Secret Store in the Oxford Circus and New York flagship stores. The shop 'popped up' today and will feature a host of new designers as well as some 'fashion favourites' from last year (stock they couldn't shift?).

When commenting on everyone's favourite "un-reality" show, what better way to talk through missed opportunities and chronic mismanagement than through the medium of video? Here is Lee McQueen, Raw Talent Academy founder and Apprentice old guard, reveiwing last night's episode of The Apprentice.

As boss of men's grooming company Bulldog, Simon Duffy watched last night's episode of The Apprentice with particlar interest. He wasn't alone.  Lord Sugar gave away a little tidbit on last night's show: beauty is his "second choice" of industry and thus a ripe sector for the post-Apprentice start-up. With the stakes rising, the 'beauty treatment' task really threw the cat amongst the pigeons. Strong candidates fell behind while others stepped up. Here's the entrepreneur's take.

How the mighty fall. Last week's Apprentice front-runners Susan and Jim both came crashing down from their pedestals on last night's episode. Susan, for over-egging the pudding with her "I'm a skincare expert! I can sell all these products on my own" claims, and Jim for simply disappearing into the background, sales sword sheathed. But, luckily for the fallen heroes, neither of them ended up in boardroom. Jedi Jim and pint-sixed pocket rocket Susie will live to fight another day.