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Shaf Rasul sells off gadget site in six-figure deal

Shaf Rasul sells off gadget site in six-figure deal

Sunday 25th July 2010

Shaf Rasul sells off Geeks gadget site in six-figure deal EDINBURGH entrepreneur Shaf Rasul has sold his gadget website, Geeks.co.uk, to a management buy-out team in what is expected to be a six-figure deal. The online magazine h ...

University cuts threaten economy

University cuts threaten economy

Monday 10th May 2010

FUNDING cuts to Scotland's universities will "starve" the economy of skilled workers and put the country's fragile economy at risk, a recruitment specialist has warned. Reports that Scottish universities face losing 20 per cent of their budget will ...

GCU graduate hired as dragon’s apprentice

GCU graduate hired as dragon’s apprentice

Friday 26th February 2010

Glasgow Caledonian graduate Fraser McLean has been named as one of Scots Dragon Shaf Rasul’s four new apprentices. Fraser, 24, beat over 2000 people to land the one-year apprenticeship programme and the opportunity to be mentored by one of the ...

William Wallace is business Braveheart

William Wallace is business Braveheart

Wednesday 3rd March 2010

A MILLIONAIRE business entrepreneur has chosen a Johnstone man as his next prodigy. William Wallace, 25, beat off stiff competition from 2,000 applicants to be one of Scots Dragon, Shaf Rasul's four new apprentices. Rasul launched the apprentice in ...

Dragon slayers

Dragon slayers

Monday 15th February 2010

THEY'RE in! Dragons' Den millionaire Shaf Rasul has snapped up FOUR new apprentices. The lucky quartet beat more than 2,000 applicants to land a year working for the Scottish Sun columnist. Shaf, who stars in the online version of the hit BBC sho ...

Dragons’ Den star will teach new apprentices

Dragons’ Den star will teach new apprentices

Wednesday 24th February 2010

Dragons’ Den star Shaf Rasul is to show two budding entrepreneurs how to get to the top in business. Fraser McLean, 24, from Finnieston, Glasgow, and William Wallace, 25, from Johnstone, Renfrewshire, have been handpicked as one-year apprent ...

Business opportunity for apprentice hopefuls

Business opportunity for apprentice hopefuls

Friday 5th February 2010

It has been a tough week for the people trying to be Shaf Rasul's apprentice. More than 2,000 people applied for the one-year programme to be mentored by the Dragon's Den online host. The top 50 applicants have just been put through a rigorous selec ...

Dragons' Den boss believes William is the business

Dragons' Den boss believes William is the business

Wednesday 24th February 2010

BRAVEHEART William Wallace is about to step into the dragons den and aim for a high-flying business career. William, 25, has been named as one of multi-millionaire entrepreneur Shaf Rasuls new apprentices, a position that will see him mentored by on ...

Win big prize for Bright Idea that’s the business

Win big prize for Bright Idea that’s the business

Tuesday 16th February 2010

A redundant worker could get the chance to turn a business dream into reality with the help of £5000 in cash and another £25,000 in support. The offer is being made by organisers of New Start Scotland, the nation’s biggest busine ...

Apprentices win chance to impress Shaf

Apprentices win chance to impress Shaf

Monday 15th February 2010

YOUNG apprentices have won the chance to train with one of Scotland's most successful businessmen. Edinburgh-based entrepreneur Shaf Rasul, nicknamed the "Scots dragon", selected four people from more than 2,000 applicants. They will spend a year wo ...