Pembridge

More tea, Sir Martin?

Picking up on my last post about Sir Martin Sorrell's future-gazing into the tea-leaves ... I note that he now says that the economic teacup looks pretty empty for all of us. Really? That couldn't just be a ruse to persuade value-building entrepreneurs to sell him equity on the cheap, could it? asks Rose Lewis.

Pembridge Telesales Opportunity

Pembridge is looking to appoint a telesales Executive to generate new business by calling our extensive database and qualifying new business leads for our Partners. Working closely with the managers of Pembridge, you will fulfill a key role in this fast growing company.

FRONTLINE: M&A - the serial entrepreneur's story

"Merger is like a marriage. Honesty is all," says Sue Charles, veteran of five business start-ups and now Managing Partner at College Hill Life Sciences. In the third of our in-depth series sharing the lives of entrepreneurs on the front-line, Sue paints a frank picture of the ups and downs of working with partners who have very different goals.

Reading the tea leaves at WPP

When I read Sir Martin's latest announcement, I began to wonder if he'd lost his crystal balls. WPP's earnings are down 6.1%, not the 2% he predicted just a few months back, and he's not the only one to have missed the mark he set for himself. Publicis has also just reported worse-than-predicted results. What does it mean for the rest of us? asks Rose Lewis.

Oops – I'm a boss! The art of following through ...

Getting stuck into running a business, not sitting around talking about it, is part of the essence of entrepreneurship. But what about the folk who follow through on the Big Ideas to make them real, or those who never set out to lead in the first place? Pembridge is backing two new programmes that aim to consolidate the experience of “Accidental Leaders” and “Accidental Managers,” writes Hugh Mason.