The smartphone has forever more revolutionised the way we live and work, hopefully for the better. But for a moment, consider your own smartphone habits. How has it changed your life? Has it all been for the better?

Running your own business can be a real test of character. It is just you, your idea and the world. You can do anything. You can be anything. You can live anywhere.

I was heartbroken when the Body Shop stopped stocking my favourite carrot moisturiser back in the 1990s. Well, heartbroken maybe too strong a word, but I had used this same brand for over ten years, ever since my university days, and l loved the way it moisturised my skin. That was it. That was the sum total of my skincare regime.