‘I was selfish. I’ve failed. And I’ve struggled with my conscience’ Lord Sugar

‘You sit there,’ barks Alan Sugar, jabbing a finger at an empty chair. The bully boy of business is everything you’d expect, at first: gruff, aggressive and intimidating. He makes me sit at a boardroom table, but seats himself behind a massive desk, which seems to have been raised up so that he can lookContinue reading “‘I was selfish. I’ve failed. And I’ve struggled with my conscience’ Lord Sugar”

‘There are important reasons for staying alive’ Sir Richard Branson

Sir Richard Branson leans back in the captain’s chair on board his £18 million racing yacht, as Formula One cars tear along the Monte Carlo quayside just a few yards away. He puts his shoeless feet up on the control panel and – would you believe it – yawns. ‘Sorry,’ he says, grinning. ‘I had aContinue reading “‘There are important reasons for staying alive’ Sir Richard Branson”