Leave your CV at home: the business leaders who do things differently

Chris Blackhurst meets the gifted entrepreneurs who – unlike the politicians just down the corridor – have a proven record of success in British enterprise

How you measure success in business is much more than just counting profits (PA Wire)

When we assess the success or otherwise of a business we usually base our view on its profitability. We want to know, how much does it make? And are those profits set to rise and keep rising?

That should not be the only criterion. It’s vital, of course it is. But money is not always everything. Just as important, is how many jobs has the firm created? How much difference is it making to people’s lives and to the community or communities in which it is located?

This week, E2E, the business networking and mentoring organisation (24,000 members and growing), held a dinner to launch E2E Job Creation 100, tracking Britain’s 100 most successful small to medium enterprises based on the number of jobs they’ve created. It’s the fourth such track to be produced in association with The Independent, coming after the E2E Female 100, E2E Tech 100, and E2E International 100. “Dynamic” and “Profit” are next.