Latest articles by Jody Clarke
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Frances Dickens: How I bartered my way to riches
Features Frances Dickens was working at a US barter company when she realised the firm needed to make changes to make profits in the UK. Unable to make her bosses listen, she struck out on her own. Now her company, Astus, is set to turn over £60m a year.
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Phil Cleary: my smart solution to property theft
Features Ex-copper Phil Cleary was frustrated by the police's 'one man and his dog' approach to recovering stolen property. So he invented his own tracking system, and now his company is worth £35m.
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John Griffin: Drive to create a dynasty made me £180m
Features Minicab driver John Griffin lacked ambition until the birth of his two sons. Then he founded his own company, Addison Lee. Now turns over £180m a year.
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Guy Schanschieff: I discovered gold in nappies
Features Ex-accountant Guy Schanschieff set up a nappy laundry service in 1992. Now his company, Bambino Mio, turns over £3m and has 42 distributors in 60 countries worldwide.
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Tom Marchant: making a million from the travel-bug
Features Ex-City analyst Tom Marchant started his travel company with £20,000 savings. After honourable mentions in glosssy magazines, the company's now turning over £7.5m.
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Jan Ward: How I made a mint in specialist metals
Features Jan Ward has always been a risk taker. And it has paid off, as the company she started with £3,000 savings, Corrotherm International, now turns over £14m a year.
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Mary Ann O'Brien: how I made my fortune from airline chocolates
Features Ex-marketing director Mary Ann O'Brien was inspired to begin making chocolates while on holiday in South Africa. She got her first big break supplying chocs to Aer Lingus, and now her company turns over £16m.
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Nick Day: the MI5 agent who went private
Features As an MI5 agent, Nick Day wanted a more entrepreneurial careers. So he and a colleague from the CIA set up their own company, Diligence, advising companies on doing business in emerging markets.
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Paul Luen: How I made millions from a £2,000 punt on shipping
Features After having their ideas turned down by short-sighted bosses, Paul Luen and his colleages set up their own business. This year, their company is set to turnover £5m.
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Expert view: How to play Asia
Features Asian specialist Hugh Young of Aberdeen Asset Management tells Jody Clarke how to bet on the Asian consumer.
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Funds: The case for timber is solid
Features Average forest plantation prices in Britain have increased 82% in the last five years. And demand for timber looks to be secure. Managed funds are one way to invest, but they can be expensive.
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Byron Wien: Think again about Japan
Features Jody Clarke talks to Byron Wien about his top ten 'surprises' for 2010, including big comebacks for the dollar and Japan.
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David Hall: How I netted £6m from fishing
Features David Hall turned a small specialist fishing magazine into Britain's biggest independent angling and fishing publishing company.
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How can slashing fees be unfair to investors?
Merryn's Blog Fidelity's commission-free fund sale may be angering IFAs, but it is a welcome development in the war against commission-based advice.
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Frederick Forsyth: The slowest way to a million
Features Frederick Forsyth began the 1970s unemployed, broke and homeless. With no prospect of a job, he started work on the novel that was to make him his first million.
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The best and worst funds of the year
Features Almost 95% of the 1,914 funds available in Britain produced a positive return in 2009. However, some did spectacularly better than others. Jody Clarke looks at the winners and losers.
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Warren Bennett: From a credit card loan to a £2.2m business
Features Warren Bennett co-founded his bespoke tailoring business with money he and his business partner raised on their credit cards. This year, their company is on course to make £2.2m in sales.
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Kenneth Rogoff: What's next for the crisis
Features Economist Kenneth Rogoff talks to Jody Clarke about the financial crisis, and what we should prepare for now.
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Alec Reed: How I got lucky and made £60m
Features Alec Reed opened his first employment agency at the age of 26 with just £75 in his pocket. Now his company has revenues of more than £750m a year and he is worth over £60m
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Barton Biggs: Forget gold, buy stocks
Features Jody Clarke talks to investment guru Barton Biggs about why he thinks big stocks are the best investment in the markets right now.
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Mark Pearson: How I made £1m with discount vouchers
Features Fed up with working long hours for little pay as a chef, Mark Pearson set up discount website MyVoucher Codes from his bedroom. It was soon raking in sales of £9m a year.
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Funds: How to convert green into gold
Features Investors have seen clean energy stocks plummet over the past few years. But that hasn't stopped money pouring into the sector, and some funds have prospered.
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Financial stocks look cheap – but so they should
Merryn's Blog Philip Gibbs, manager of the Jupiter Financial Opportunities Fund, is buying financial stocks. They're cheap, he says. But they're cheap for very good reasons.
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Why you should stock up on water companies
Features In a bid to boost the economy and repair damage caused by underinvestment, $6.4bn of Obama's stimulus package is earmarked for water projects. That's creating big opportunities for some American firms.
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