Dragons’ Den star Duncan Bannatyne has reportedly offered Janet Devlin a record deal!
The Scottish millionaire is said to have been bowled over by the Northern Irish teenager on The X Factor and fell in love with her voice immediately. When she was eliminated from the ITV show at the weekend, insiders say he immediately decided to offer the talented teen a recording contract.
Duncan Bannatyne has admitted that his business career got off to a dangerous start, when he bought his first ice cream van for £450.
The Dragons’ Den star bought the mobile business in the 80s and went on to expand to a fleet of six, despite being threatened and attacked by rival confectionery sellers.
However it all worked out ok in the end and the man who is now a millionaire, sold the entire fleet when he discovered that his initial investment was worth £28,000.
Dragons’ Den continues with a fresh set of fervent entrepreneurs each hoping to receive cash investment for their company, idea or invention. With multi-millionaire investor Hilary Devey now firmly settled into the line-up, this is a business meeting to test even the most composed and prepared of people.
Tonight, the Den is full of family businesses. Tim and Meena Kalia and their business partner, Tricia Tierney, try to talk the Dragons into investing in their innovative new litter trays for dogs … but, instead, they talk themselves into trouble. Can they find a way to turn their pitch around?
Liz and Alan Colleran were seen on tonight’s Dragons’ Den securing an investment of £80,000 from the show’s newest business expert Hilary Devey.
The couple entered the Den, telling the panel they have been married for 28 years and pitching to them their product, the Raskelf Portable Memory Foam mattress topper.
It started well, as the experts seemed keen on the product, however the pitch started to fall apart when Deborah Meaden asked what their annual wage bill is, and the duo couldn’t break it down.
The new series of Dragons’ Den continues with eight more intrepid entrepreneurs pitching to the multi-millionaire investors.
Londoners Krissy Sims and Kerry O’Brien, AKA DJ Trickles and Lady MC, enter the Den with a state-of-the-art turntable extravaganza in the back of their 4×4. The Dragons are often happy to demo a product but it’s the business and how it makes money that remains their ultimate concern.
Husband-and-wife team Liz and Alan Colleran from Dewsbury may be pitching their comfy caravan product, but will their Den experience be quite so luxurious and comfortable?
Dragons’ Den star Duncan Bannatyne was forced to delete some angry Twitter messages last night, in which he encouraged his followers to act violently.
After an anonymous user tried to scare the business guru by threatening his daughter, Duncan wrote on the micro blogging website:
“I offer £25,000 reward for the capture of the coward… – Double if his arms are broken first. I am serious btw (by the way).”
However, thinking better of his comments, he later deleted the message and replaced the tweet with one saying:
It may be a time of austerity in the UK but not so in the Dragons’ Den … business is booming as the self-made multimillionaires return, ready to invest in the best of Britain’s entrepreneurs.
While the rules of the Den remain the same, there is one change in the form of new Dragon Hilary Devey, who joins returning Dragons Duncan Bannatyne, Theo Paphitis, Deborah Meaden and Peter Jones.
Duncan Bannatyne has revealed that Hilary Devey will show her tough side during the first episode of the new Dragons’ Den series.
The 54 year old businesswoman – who made her fortune launching Pall-Ex, a palletised freight network – will join the panel of the BBC Two show this summer and Duncan admitted that more than one hopeful entrepreneur will find themselves experiencing her wrath.
He told BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles: “I’m trying to think what happens in the first episode, I just remember watching Hilary – twice she has a go [at people] she really goes for it.
Dragon’s Den, The Apprentice, Britain’s Got Talent, Masterchef, Take me out, TOWIE, Jamie Oliver’s ‘Dream School’ , X-Factor, Come Dine With me, Coach Trip, Dancing on Ice and more battle it out at this year’s prestigious 1st annual National Reality TV Awards.
National Reality TV Awards is set to become one of the biggest worldwide Television awards shows specifically targeting the different sub-genres that make up Reality TV. NRTA (National Reality TV Awards) will be launched in London, UK on the 6th of July 2011 whilst the official US version of the awards ceremony will be held in Los Angeles on the 1st of December 2011.
James Caan has confirmed that he will not be returning to Dragons’ Den.
The British Pakistani entrepreneur joined the panel in 2007 and has been characterized in the media as both the calmest and most sincere of all the Dragons. However he has now decided that he no longer has the time to devote to the BBC show, because of all his other work commitments.
“I have greatly enjoyed my time in the Dragons’ Den, however my work and philanthropic interests mean I can’t devote the time required to the Den any longer,” he said in a statement. “Dragons’ Den has been an integral and exciting part of my professional life and I thank the show profusely for letting me be a part of it for so long. Unfortunately, I’m out!”
