Martha Lane Fox: Work Hard, Be Nice To People
Yesterday Martha Lane Fox, co-founder of LastMinute.com, was placed at No. 25 in the Telegraph’s 50 Most Influential Briton’s in Technology.
Back in 1997, with business partner Brent…
Yesterday Martha Lane Fox, co-founder of LastMinute.com, was placed at No. 25 in the Telegraph’s 50 Most Influential Briton’s in Technology.
Back in 1997, with business partner Brent…

How would you like your employer to hold you accountable for your carbon footprint?
WSP Group is doing just that. The global management and consultancy service is pioneering a novel way…
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Here’s a round-up of all the posts from the LovelyCompanies.com blogroll that I’ve starred recently in my Google Reader. Feedback on this experimental post format is very welcome!
As someone who grew up always wanting to be a fashion designer it gives me a great amount of pleasure to have a window display of my work at Colette. Ok, it might not be the type of art that I thought I might create when I was younger. It goes to show that you should never give up the dream, but also don’t be so narrow in your vision as not to see where your real talents lie.
Scott Schuman aka The Satorialist
I love that at some point Scott came to terms with the fact that he would never become a word class fashion designer. Instead, he used his real talents to ultimately achieve his goal, though in an unexpected way. The last sentence of this quote reminds me of career advice my dad gave me when graduating college, “Never over plan your life”.
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Here’s a winning idea: a fund-raising football tournament. Sue Ryder Care (the UK based healthcare charity) seeks lovely companies to participate.
Anyone can play. All you need is a…
Check out the latest advert from innocent for their special ‘lunchbox-proof’ kids smoothies:
“…a gentle nudge towards their 5-a-day!”
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Lovely companies often organise and sponsor events (the companies themselves – I mean). In order to try and keep track of these events I’ve set up a group on Upcoming: please feel free to …