Deborah Meaden encouraged the other Dragons to storm off the show after Peter Jones refused to leave without beating the winning darts score. The business mogul, 62, ordered the others to ‘leave him to it’, as a gobsmacked Peter attempted to land a decent score on the board during the latest episode. Brothers Scott and … Read more
Dragon’s Den viewers were left ‘blubbing’ last night after an inspirational ‘mumpreneur’ who launched a range of afro-textured hair products while working a part-time job and raising two children won backing from Sara Davies. Kameese Davis, from Birmingham, was seeking a £50,000 investment in exchange for a 20 per cent share in her brand Nylah. After an … Read more
Multimillionaire Dragon’s Den star Sara Davies warns would-be entrepreneurs not to ‘romanticise’ the idea and says there are hidden sacrifices when building your own business Businesswoman Sara Davies, 36, returned as a Dragon’s Den host last week Says she has noticed surge in young businesses started during the pandemic Multimillionaire and mother-of-two offered her advice … Read more
An NHS nurse who set up a skincare business after getting cracked hands at work had all five dragons vying for a share in her company on Dragons’ Den. In tonight’s episode of the brand new series, which aired on BBC One, UK-based husband and wife Jonny and Antonia Philip – co-founders of skincare brand … Read more
An entrepreneur who secured a £50,000 investment from Dragons’ Den’s Deborah Meaden has revealed how she bravely quit her full-time job during the pandemic to run her brand-new business. Zena El Farra, 28, from East London, took a sabbatical from her full time job at a bank to found MasterPeace, a mindful art studio, in … Read more
The five business titans of the BBC’s Dragons’ Den haven’t always got it right over the past years. Just think of when they turned down a request for £100,000 from Brewdog‘s co-founders in 2008 that would now be worth £360million. Or when they refused to give James Nash £250,000 for his Cup-a-wine idea, which was later picked up by … Read more
Jessops, the camera retailer owned by Dragons’ Den’s Peter Jones, has filed a notice to appoint administrators after it was badly hit by lockdown restrictions. The company, which was bought by Mr Jones’s PJ Investment Group in 2013, currently employs 120 staff and runs 17 stores. It has hired insolvency specialists FRP and said it … Read more
Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds reveals that a last-minute text message saved his marriage to Aja Volkman and inspired his new song By Brian Marks For Dailymail.com Published: 00:49 GMT, 12 March 2021 | Updated: 00:57 GMT, 12 March 2021 His band Imagine Dragons teased the release of its newest single Follow You earlier this … Read more
‘It’s been a true pleasure’: Dragon’s Den star Tej Lalvani confirms he will leave the show after its 18th series to focus on expanding his empire By Jason Chester for MailOnline Published: 15:35 GMT, 28 January 2021 | Updated: 18:15 GMT, 28 January 2021 Tej Lalvani has revealed he will leave Dragons’ Den after the upcoming … Read more
Confident: Sarah Willingham is banking on a big return for hospitality Dragons’ Den entrepreneur Sarah Willingham has four children dotted around the house doing lessons on their iPads and laptops during our interview, but she’s surprisingly relaxed about home-schooling. When her youngest child, Marly, was five, she took her whole family out of school for … Read more