"Troubleshooter (TV series) Troubleshooter was a British reality television series, produced and shown by the BBC, focusing on experienced business leaders visiting and advising small and often struggling UK businesses. It first aired in 1990 with Sir John Harvey-Jones, formerly of ICI. After the series won a BAFTA, Harvey-Jones decided that he didn't want to become a television personality, after one newspaper called him the ""most famous industrialist since Isambard Kingdom Brunel."" The greatest achievement of the ""Troubleshooter"" programmes was to make business management a popular discussion subject in the homes of millions of British people, and to provide a"
"he was met with absolute resistance. Series 1 Series 2 Trying to revive the series in light of the rise of reality television, in 2004 the BBC engaged former Allied-Domecq CEO Gerry Robinson. In deference to Harvey-Jones, Robinson insisted that the show be given a different name, which was agreed on as ""I’ll Show Them Who’s Boss."" Now co-produced by the Open University. The concept was that he'd go into struggling businesses and try to turn them round through advice and mentoring. Troubleshooter (TV series) Troubleshooter was a British reality television series, produced and shown by the BBC, focusing on"
"what he saw as non-core businesses, so that at board level he could concentrate on putting more power in fewer hands ""to reduce the number of those who can say 'no' and increase the motivation of those who can say 'yes'"", maintaining that ""there are no bad troops, only bad leaders"". After only 30 months in the job, having cut the UK workforce by one third, he had doubled the price of ICI shares and turned a loss into a one billion pound profit. According to one newspaper, it was the BBC's ""Troubleshooter"" series, first broadcast in 1990, that made"
"The Troubleshooters The Troubleshooters (titled Mogul for the first series) is a British television series made by the BBC between 1965 and 1972, created by John Elliot. During its run, the series made the transition from black and white to colour transmissions. The series recounted events in an international oil company – the ""Mogul"" of the title. The first series was mostly concerned with the internal politics within the Mogul organisation, with episodes revolving around industrial espionage, internal fraud and negligence almost leading to an accident on a North Sea oil rig. The series' upbeat theme music was by Tom"
"role model for people wanting to enter business. A follow up series titled Troubleshooter - Back in Business aired in the year 2000 and saw Sir John return to companies featured in the original series from a decade before. In that time there had been a number of changes, Tri-ang toys had been unable to turn its fortunes around and its UK factory had been demolished. Morgan Motor Company, where previously Sir John had encountered great resistance, had in fact made many of the changes he suggested. The series was revived a decade later in 2004 under the stewardship of"
"Troubleshooters"" and would later go on to make ""The Onedin Line"". Season Two was produced by Anthony Coburn who had previously worked on 'Doctor Who'. In 2007, two episodes of ""The Borderers"" were part of the ""BBC Archive Trial"". The regular cast were Michael Gambon as Gavin Ker (male head of the family), Edith McArthur as Margaret Ker and Iain Cuthbertson as Sir Walter Ker of Cessford. Nell Brennan as Agnes Ker (Series 1) and Eileen Nicholas as Agnes Ker (Series 2). Margaret Greig as Grizel Ker, Joseph Brady as Rab (Series 1) and James Garbutt as Rab (Series 2)."
"over the mantle of John Harvey-Jones who presented the original series ""Troubleshooter"". In July 2014 he presented a programme on BBC Radio 4, ""The Business Covenant"". In 2011 Jones published his first book ""Fixing Britain: The Business of Reshaping Our Nation"" (with publisher Wiley) which was shortlisted for the 2012 CMI Management Book of the Year. In 2017 ""Fixing Business: Making Profitable Business Work for the Good of All"", was published in April 2017, also with Wiley. Jones is a supporter of Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club), Aston Villa FC and a member of the Reform Club. Digby Jones,"
"CEO of Rentokil Initial and install himself as Executive chairman for a 5% stake in the company, then valued at £56M. Robinson's first foray into broadcasting was a revival of the BBC's ""Troubleshooter"" show, originally fronted by Sir John Harvey-Jones in the early 1990s. Titled ""I'll Show Them Who's Boss"" and co-produced by the Open University, in 2004 he went into struggling businesses to try to turn them round by advice and mentoring. In January 2007 following a similar format, he presented a three-part series, ""Can Gerry Robinson Fix the NHS?"" as he attempted to reduce waiting lists at Rotherham"
"back to haunt him in a nasty plot to discredit him by a rival company. The Mogul organisation was reputed to have been based on BP and there were many similarities and coincidences in terms of the international events ""The Troubleshooters"" predicted. ""The Troubleshooters"" lasted for seven series from 1965 to 1972, making the transition from black-and-white to colour along the way. In the final episodes, Brian Stead maintains control of Mogul and fends off hostile enemies, but at the cost of his own health. Stead eventually steps down as company director, but not before finally naming his successor…. Today"
"Trouble at the Top Trouble at the Top was a business-based BBC television fly on the wall documentary broadcast on BBC2. The series focussed on business failings or disputes between business people. Mainly the series depicted half-hour documentaries on large businesses such as Sainsbury's or privately owned ventures. It also featured a number of celebrity-based editions such as Chef Gordon Ramsay, supermodel Jodie Kidd and even pop group Bucks Fizz. The series ran for 11 seasons from 1997 to 2007 and helped inspire the 2005 movie Kinky Boots. A spin off four-part series, ""Trouble at the Big Top"", followed developments"
"company take-overs, racial and political tensions, the discovery of new oil fields and the negotiation of drilling rights. As time went on, ""The Troubleshooters"" began to experiment with ongoing narratives as storylines arched over several series. Because of the nature of his profession requiring him to be away from home, Peter Thornton found his marriage to the glamorous “Steve” collapsing, whilst Brian Stead was diagnosed with a heart condition, struggling to maintain control of Mogul at the top. Ranged against him was new “troubleshooter” Alec Stewart, a young, ruthless operative keen to progress in the organisation with his eye on"
"The Troubleshooters (1959 TV series) The Troubleshooters is an American 26-segment half-hour adventure series starring Keenan Wynn as Kodiak and Bob Mathias as Frank Dugan. The show aired on NBC Television from September 11, 1959, to April 10, 1960. Based on events at international construction sites, the program was directed by Robert Altman early in his career. It was the first series offered by United Artists Television. The premiere episode ""Liquid Death"" introduced the supporting cast members, Chet Allen (born 1928) as Slats, Roland ""Bob"" Harris (born 1930) as Jim, Bob Fortier as Scotty, and stunt actor Carey Loftin (1914–1997)"
"Stead’s position. Stead kept sending Stewart out on dangerous assignments in the hope that he would fail, but Stewart was able to work every situation to his advantage. In the latter series, a rival oil company to Mogul was introduced – Zenith. ""The Troubleshooters"" never shied away from portraying Mogul as a faceless, uncaring and profit-driven corporation. Some episodes showcased industrial crisis through the perspective of striking Teesside dockyard workers and foregrounded ecological concerns through storylines about local opposition to a Mogul refinery in Wales and a chemical offshoot of Mogul’s, which developed a crop spray with deadly side effects."
"Badger or Bust Badger or Bust was a British reality television series in which Ruth Badger helped to turn failing businesses into successful companies. The series was produced by Diverse Production for Sky One, and premiered on 8 May 2007. Ruth Badger is a business consultant with 13 years experience in sales. In the show she analysed the practices of struggling businesses and attempted to address their issues in order to revive sales. She offered leadership advice, training and sales guidance to try to bring success. In the first episode, Ruth visited ""Redseven"", a Stag and Hen weekend party planning"
"take two years to turn a profit – far longer than the initial estimates of six months. The opening of the restaurant was filmed for a BBC television series, ""Trouble at the Top"". The Connaught restaurant operation was run by 35 chefs to seat 65 diners, and initially run by Neil Ferguson who became Hartnett's head chef once she arrived properly from Dubai. He later became head chef of Gordon Ramsay at The London in New York. Although later referred to as Angela Hartnett at The Connaught, it was initially called MENU. She was keen to distance the operation from"
"University of Nottingham, Loughborough University (2007) and Honorary Fellow of Cardiff Metropolitan University (2013). Jones has said of trades unions: and: Jones was the guest on BBC Radio's ""Desert Island Discs"", broadcast on 21 May 2006. He won BBC One's ""Celebrity Mastermind"" with a 9-point margin finishing on 33 points on 5 January 2011. Jones nominated Winston Churchill on BBC Radio 4 Great Lives. He presented the BBC Two programme ""The New Troubleshooter"" where he ""helps businesses realise their potential, ruffling feathers and bruising egos along the way as he gets stuck in and delivers his analysis and advice"", taking"
"help advise UK Government policy, for example in the ""Tackling Obesities: Future Choices Project"" which was launched by Health Minister Dawn Primolo in October 2007. Outsights Outsights is an independent scenario planning consultancy founded in 1998 by Richard O'Brien and Tim Bolderson. The company is based in Islington, London, with seven full-time employees and 30 associates. Outsights uses scenario planning and future thinking to help business, Government and organisations to anticipate, interpret and act upon important external developments in the outside world, and to plan strategies for several possible futures. In 2006, Outsights created the Sigma Scan, an online database"
"most businesses could be improved with a little help from ""a man of exceptional ability and of such standing and repute that the owners of large concerns could safely ask him to inspect their works, offices, or establishments, and make practical suggestions."" The goal, the advertiser said, was to increase profitability through prudent money management and sales techniques. The person it said to call was ""Allan Haynes,"" who had ""made business organisation his life's work."" A second ad was published in London on December 14, 1912, reporting on a few of the business problems that could be addressed by ""Allan"
"and signed on to a further three series of seven shows each - the maximum Harvey-Jones would agree to sign-on for. At its peak, ""Troubleshooter"" gained 3million viewers per episode. This was greatly in part for Harvey-Jones personable and frank, straightforward style, with judgements being given through his own manic cackle style: Organisations featured included Morgan Motor Company, Copella apple juice and Triang toys, where Harvey-Jones put his finger on the problems they faced or in some cases had created, and pointed the way to success. Sometimes they followed his advice, such as at Copella, and sometimes, notably at Morgan,"
"Adam Bradford Adam Bradford (born 11 September 1992) is an English social activist, entrepreneur and business adviser. He has acted as an adviser to young entrepreneurs internationally and worked to develop entrepreneurship initiatives in the United Kingdom. He has also acted as an ambassador for young people's enterprise development as part of the Peter Jones Enterprise Academy. Bradford was born in Sheffield, United Kingdom and grew up in Sheffield. He attended Westfield School in Sheffield. In 2004 he was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, a form of autism. Whilst studying he took part in a regional enterprise competition, The BiG Challenge"
"on how to become successful. In June 2011, ""The Restaurant Inspector"" was broadcast, starring Fernando Peire, who advised struggling restaurants on how to achieve higher profits, with a second series which broadcast in 2012. The Hotel Inspector The Hotel Inspector is an observational documentary television series which is broadcast on the British terrestrial television station, Channel 5, and by other networks around the world. In each episode, celebrated hotelier and businesswoman Alex Polizzi visits a struggling British hotel to try to turn its fortunes around by giving advice and suggestions to the owner. The current host, Alex Polizzi (since 2008),"
"teamed up with presenter and GP Mark Porter and Journalist and broadcaster Michael Buerk. He has associations with the British Cardiac Patients Association, the Ambulance Service and Philips Medical Systems. Trust Medical is the UK's first company to specialise in providing resuscitation equipment, first aid training and occupational health services to UK organisations. Elkinson is a director of Elkinson and Jones, a company that provides advice to SME's (Small to Medium Sized Enterprises) seeking corporate finance, business planning and structuring (*http://www.elkinsonjones.co.uk/page_1148838260542.html). Abe Elkinson Abe Elkinson (born 13 June 1969) is a business man/entrepreneur/philanthropist who lives in Manchester, England. He was"
"Nick Markham Nick Markham is Chairman of Inview Technology Ltd and Chief Executive of Top Up TV, which he helped to launch in 2004. He is a Non-Executive Director of the Department for Communities and Local Government since January 2013, where he sits on the Department’s Audit and Risk Committee. Previously he was Strategy Director at ITV where he led the merger integration of Carlton Television (now ITV London) and Granada and developed the concept of Freeview alongside the BBC. He was also CFO for Laura Ashley where he led the financial restructuring of the business. From 1990-1998 Nick Markham"
"Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Gian Fulgoni Gian Mark Fulgoni (Crickhowell, 24 January 1948) is a British businessman, entrepreneur and market research consultant. His particular focus on the measurement of consumer behaviour and the effectiveness of advertising and promotion programs in TV, print and online. He has held several executive leadership positions, and has been a member of the executive team that managed the public offering of the research companies Information Resources, Inc. and comScore, Inc. He has also served on the boards of public companies in the software, consumer electronics, pet products, marketing services and market research industries. Fulgoni began his career"
"The show sees Polizzi visiting struggling British hotels to try to turn their fortunes around by giving advice and suggestions to the owners/managers, and often undertaking renovation projects on their behalf. She also fronts the BBC Two series, """", which focuses on her turning around family businesses, not just hotels. The first series aired in 2012; the second in 2013; a third in 2014 and a fourth has been confirmed to air in 2015. Polizzi also presented a revisited series called ""The Fixer Returns"" in 2013, as well as a Christmas special, which aired in December 2013. In October 2014,"
"success is a positive attitude to failure; it was published by John Murray in 2015. Syed is managing director of a sports marketing company. From 1999, he has worked as a Marketing Consultant for the English Table Tennis Association based in Hastings. He was one of the co-founders of TTK Greenhouse, a sports-related charity. Syed hosts a BBC Radio 5 Live podcast called ""Flintoff, Savage & The Ping Pong Guy"". Alongside him on the podcast are ex-England cricketer Andrew Flintoff and former Blackburn Rovers captain Robbie Savage. Current and hot sporting topics are discussed on the podcast. In 2016 he"
"been featured on ITV news, BBC World and on the BBC's Working Lunch programme. Peter Paduh Peter Paduh (born 1977, in Sarajevo) is a British businessman, best known as the Young Business Person of the Year at the London Business Awards 2005, and for his involvement with the Computers for Older People Initiative with the Mayor of London and Age Concern and as a spokesperson for Refugees in the UK and for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). He came to the UK as a refugee in his early teens when war broke out in the Balkans. At the time he did"
"his book ""Mercury's Child"", his main premise being that children's bad behaviour is caused by an imbalance in the interactions with their parents. Alt.Mental Health Guardian 23 July Problem for BBC1 What the press said format imitators Lion Television Warwick Dyer Warwick Dyer (born 1958) is an English behaviour expert, lecturer, trainer, writer and media personality, best known for his work on the award-winning television programmes for Channel 4's Cutting Edge series 'Bad Behaviour'. Dyer was born and educated in London, United Kingdom and is married with two children. After teaching for several years he began work with the Tower"
"at the Millennium Dome in a similar style. Trouble at the Top Trouble at the Top was a business-based BBC television fly on the wall documentary broadcast on BBC2. The series focussed on business failings or disputes between business people. Mainly the series depicted half-hour documentaries on large businesses such as Sainsbury's or privately owned ventures. It also featured a number of celebrity-based editions such as Chef Gordon Ramsay, supermodel Jodie Kidd and even pop group Bucks Fizz. The series ran for 11 seasons from 1997 to 2007 and helped inspire the 2005 movie Kinky Boots. A spin off four-part"
"and their legal costs. The judge commented, ""(The banker) was, I think, to some extent a victim of Mr Singh's personality as well as Mr Singh's lies."" Reuben Singh Reuben Singh (born 20 September 1976, Poynton, Cheshire, England) is a British entrepreneur and CEO of contact center company ""alldayPA and"" private equity firm Isher Capital. He rose to prominence in the mid-1990s for his ""Miss Attitude"" retail chain. He has held many public appointments and was invited by the then Prime Minister Tony Blair to serve on a government advisory panel on small businesses and on the Competitiveness Council. He"
"public response to the proposals, the Treasury introduced a new tax relief measure known as Entrepreneurs' Relief. In 2012, Cheatle became a director of the newly formed Start Up Loans company, a government funded organisation providing mentor-supported loans to young people looking to start their own businesses. The scheme, which also involved Dragon's Den star James Caan, was promoted by 12 ""ambassadors"" including young entrepreneurs such as James Eder (The Beans Group), Emily Bendell (Bluebella) and Romy Lewis (Lola's Kitchen). He is a member of the advisory board for Sheffield University Management School, and also on the advisory board for"
"a Director at Talentspace, a leadership consulting firm. He has a B.Sc. in psychology from University of Bristol and a Ph.D. in psychology from King's College London, University of London. He is a chartered psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He previously presented the BBC television series ""Who Would Hire You?"" in which real life candidates went through the recruitment process. He also presented a further series for the BBC entitled ""How To Get Your Dream Job"" and has been an expert on ""Big Brother's Little Brother"". He assisted Jade Goody in her search for a personal"
"the legacy of ""The Troubleshooters"" lies in its bridging the gap between “quality drama” and populist entertainment and charting a linear path trod by later British television serials, such as ""The Brothers"" and ""Howards' Way"". The series struck a chord with the 1960s audience thanks to its format - a potent combination of the oil business, globe trotting power politics, corporate wheeler-dealing and sex. It had parallels with the contemporaneous ATV board-room drama ""The Plane Makers"" (later renamed ""The Power Game""). The series was subject to the BBC's wiping policy of the era, but some episodes still remain in the"