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18 February 15:19:04	The latest updates from DragonCheck can be found at www.ezap.me/DragonCheck or click on the eZAP link.   DragonCheck
14 January 15:17:28	Malaysian businessman Tony Fernandes, the owner of Air Asia, is reported to be a potential buyer for West Ham football club, in partnership with Italian cereals multi-millionaire Massimo Cellino. More at The Standard.   Evening Standard
8 January 15:13:32	Sir Richard Branson has purchased single-branch private bank Church House Trust for £12,300,000. He now has the banking licence which will enable him to get into the retail banking business. More at The Standard.   Evening Standard
30 December 11:18:33	Ken Lacey, chief executive of Lomox (www.lomox.co.uk), reckons that light emitting wallpaper, which "runs on very low voltages and is twice as efficient as today’s energy-saving bulbs", could be on the market by 2012. More in the FT.   FT.com
17 December 11:36:15	Marcus Carter has set up the Virtual Farmers Market (www.vfmuk.com) at a cost of around £50,000 to give "local producers a platform to reach customers at a national level...without selling through the giant supermarket chains." More at TimesOnline.   TimesOnline
16 December 11:29:59	Jon Moulton has raised £142,000,000 for Better Capital (www.bettercapital.co.uk), his new private equity fund which will invest in UK companies with “significant operating issues" and possibly "associated financial distress”. More at the FT.   FT.com
16 December 10:51:41	Alex Connock, CE of Ten Alps (www.tenalps.com), Bob Geldof's prodco, is hoping that 10,000 accountants will sign up for AccountancyTV (www.accytv.co.uk) at £300-£500 per annum. He reports that online video is boosting revenues. More at TimeOnline.   TimesOnline
11 December 15:03:20	Andrew Romans has launched The Founders Club (www.founders-club.com), the "first reverse venture capital fund, enabling CEOs and founders to use their shares and stock options to become limited partner investors." More at PR Newswire.   PR Newswire
10 December 15:09:28	Brian Palmer, owner of Cello Electronics (www.celloelectronics.com) has launched the iViewer, an LCD TV with built-in internet for viewing online content. It will be sold exclusively in Marks and Spencer stores until Mar 1 2010. More at BBC News.   BBC News
10 December 12:32:02	Andrew Nelstrop, founder of the English Whisky Company (www.englishwhisky.co.uk), producer of the first English whisky in more than a century, starts selling his product on Dec 18. He is hoping to market it abroad. More at Yahoo! News.   Yahoo! News
9 December 11:27:58	Sir Richard Branson aims to have his spaceship ready for commercial flights by 2011. Virgin Galactic (www.virgingalactic.com) "has signed up more than 300 customers who will pay $200,000 for a two-hour round trip into space." More at the FT.   FT.com
9 December 11:17:31	Simon Murdoch, creator of the UK's first online bookshop, has launched Shutl (www.shutl.co.uk) to provide a fast delivery service for internet shoppers. It's "an electronic marketplace connecting retailers with local same-day couriers." More at the FT.   FT.com
8 December 11:11:00	Brent Hoberman of PROfounders (www.profounderscapital.com) - "Over 600 entrepreneurs have applied for funding from Profounders, our new venture capital fund. The team has met about 200 and is now down to a shortlist of five." More in the FT.   FT.com
6 December 15:42:30	Sofia Benke and Denes Sal are planning to expand Salt Cave (www.saltcave.co.uk) which treats asthma and other respiratory illnesses without the use of drugs. Would-be Salt Cave entrepreneurs can click on www.openasaltcave.com. More at TimesOnline.   TimesOnline
5 December 14:40:42	Rodrigo Contreras, marketing man from Mexico, created Duff Beer (www.duffdemexico.com), now shipping to Europe at around 25-30 containers each month. He may yet run into intellectual property problems with the creators of 'The Simpsons'. More at the FT.   FT.com
5 December 14:27:07	Tony Morgan hopes that Internet Eyes (www.interneteyes.co.uk) will go national. Based on the Texas Virtual Border Control (www.blueservo.net), it offers viewers up to £1,000 a month for watching CCTV for signs of criminal aotivity. More at MailOnline.   MailOnline
5 December 10:20:31	Joe Cohen, founder and CEO of Seatwave (www.seatwave.com), reports Q3 revenue up 70% year-on-year amid signs that the UK public is taking to its model for the ticket re-selling business. More at The Guardian.   The Guardian
4 December 16:08:56	Courtney Holt has launched MySpace Music (http://music.myspace.com) in the UK where the an ad-supported streaming market is already competitive thanks to Spotify (www.spotify.com) and We7 ( www.we7.com). More at The Guardian.   The Guardian
1 December 17:22:34	Will Lewis is in charge of the 'Euston Project'. This "new entrepreneurial digital venture" from the Telegraph Media Group has a budget rumoured to be north of £10,000,000 and is 'digital' rather than 'media'. More at The Guardian.   The Guardian
29 November 16:34:51	Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne launched 'Genius' gluten-free bread in April and is is now selling "an average 45,000 loaves a week at about £2.50 each" through the big supermarkets. More at TimesOnline.   TimesOnline
27 November 11:56:49	Video games on TV without a console - Alon Shtruzman, COO of Playcast (www.playcast-media.com), plans to offer the service in the UK by the end of 2010. "We see ourselves as a pay TV operation..." More at TimesOnline.   TimesOnline
26 November 10:26:35	Facebook may IPO but CE Mark Zuckerberg now faces a possible class action arising from the addictive online game 'Farmville' provided by Zynga (www.zynga.com). TechCrunch (www.techcrunch.com) is talking about "ScamVille." More at The Telegraph.   Daily Telegraph
25 November 15:59:55	Brothers Eldar and Roy Tuvey sale of ScanSafe (www.scansafe.com) to Cisco Systems for £110,000,000 is thought to have made them "each about £18m better off." VC backer Balderton (www.balderton.com) has made 10x its initial investment. More at the FT.   FT.com
25 November 11:43:37	Miriam Warner, founder of Miracle Workers (www.miracle-workers.co.uk) is finding a lot of business for her agency which offers "care and companionship" at home. The sector is starting to attract the attention of investors. More in The Telegraph.   Daily Telegraph
25 November 11:15:30	Del Brett, founder and MD of Future Inns (www.futureinns.co.uk), is expanding from Wales and the west country by targeting business customers. "Future Inns is now looking to add sites in Glasgow and Edinburgh" - more at The Telegraph.   Daily Telegraph
24 November 12:02:50	Woolworths, now online-only at www.woolworths.co.uk, may return to the high street as a 200-unit franchise operation. CE Mark Newton-Jones said: “In the new year, we will consider approaches from interested third parties..." More at TimesOnline.   TimesOnline
24 November 11:34:05	Arash Farboud is going up against mighty McClaren (www.mclarenautomotive.com) in the market for British-built supercars. The Arash Motor Company (www.arashcars.com) plans to build 25/30 of the £320,000 AF-10 model each year. More at TimesOnline.   TimesOnline
21 November 11:14:04	Private equity big-hitter Jon Moulton "plans to list his new venture Better Capital by Christmas and raise more than £100,000,000" according to The Telegraph. "Better Capital (www.bettercapital.co.uk) will focus on turnaround investments..."  Daily Telegraph
21 November 11:02:44	Matthew Goldberg, CE of Lonely Planet (www.lonelyplanet.com), 75% owned by BBC Worldwide (www.bbcworldwide.com), says that digital is now 20% of T/O. "We need to be where our audiences are - and that is on digital platforms." More at The Telegraph.   Daily Telegraph
21 November 10:10:05	James Caan, Dragons' Den panelist, Hamilton Bradshaw CE (www.hamiltonbradshaw.com) and 25% owner of LOOK4APROPERTY (www.look4aproperty.com), has come up with £1,000,000,000 to make interest-free unsecured loans of up to £50,000. More at TimesOnline.   TimesOnline
18 November 12:44:01	'The Yacht at Temple Pier', a private business club, is seeking members (£500 pa). The entrepreneurs behind the venture can be found in the Press Section of the website - Lord Mereworth, Prince Sidi Mohammed Muzzafar Khan and Colonel Franz Wesselmann.  The Yacht at Temple Pier
17 November 11:34:51	Walter Bugno has launched luxury gifting service Bokks (www.bokks.com) with backing from two British investors of "several million pounds each." As CE, he is keen to point out he is "not heading a glorified concierge service." More at TimesOnline.   TimesOnline
17 November 11:32:08	Hossein Yassaie, CE of Imagination Technologies (www.imgtec.com), has launched the Sensia (www.touchmyradio.com) through its PURE division. He is betting that state-of-the-art radios will become home communication hubs. More at TimesOnline.   TimesOnline
16 November 14:52:21	Armed with £30,000,000 to invest, Joel Cadbury and Ollie Vigors, former owners of the Groucho Club (www.thegrouchoclub.com) and The Third Space (www.thethirdspace.com), are once more on the prowl in the leisure sector. More at the FT.   FT.com
13 November 10:57:50	Karen Darby, founder of the SimplySwitch price comparison site, has launched a new call centre business. Call Britannia (www.callbritannia.com) aims "to create 10,000 jobs for the unemployed." More at Marketing Direct.   Marketing Direct
12 November 11:28:12	Fashion designer Luella Bartley (www.luella.com) is looking for new backers after main investor and global licensee, Club 21 (www.club21global.com), "withdrew financial backing." More at TimesOnline.   TimesOnline
12 November 11:14:47	Diana Jenkins (www.dianajenkins.net)(www.dianajenkins.me), wife of high-profile banker Roger Jenkins (www.rogerjenkins.co.uk), has launched a health drink brand called Neuro (www.neurobrands.com). One if its products is 'NeuroGasm'. More at MailOnline.   MailOnline
11 November 10:33:38	Omar Hamoui, founder of AdMob (www.admob.com), has sold the mobile advertising operation to Google for $750,000,000. AdMob is just 3 years old and had $50,000,000 of VC backing. More at the FT.   FT.com
11 November 10:25:58	Kristian Segerstrale has picked up £6,900,000 after selling Playfish (www.playfish.com) to Electronic Arts (www.ea.com) for $275,000,000. The games site is only 2 years old with T/O of £1,600,000 for the 15 months to last December. More at TimesOnline.   TimesOnline