The Entrepreneurs

We meet a Düsseldorf-based Sri Lankan shirt maker, visit a Greek grocery store for the blind, and chat with the man perfecting sourdough bread in London.

We hear from a caviar expert sourcing her stock from China, visit Cairo to meet the man making a profit by paying people to recycle, and we find out how one company in Mumbai is selling yoga to a younger generation using a western model.

Best of 2012: From the founder of Oliver Peoples to a brewing operation in the West Bank and to a bell-maker in Berlin, we bring you the interviews that inspired, the discussions that made you think, and the moments that made you laugh in 2012.

On this special Christmas edition of The Entrepreneurs, we discover a Roman business finding inspiration from rummaging through the past, and head to Warsaw to meet three entrepreneurs using an abandoned factory to create a far-from-traditional Christmas market.

Sophie Grove visits the UK’s oldest salmon smokery just 100 metres from London’s Olympic stadium, we chat with the co-founders of a Chicago window-cleaning business, and discuss the branding of charities with our friends at Winkreative.

We head to Cairo to test out a new service willing to run any errand, big or small, find out what it takes to become a successful nightclub boss in São Paulo and light up with brothers running the only cigar-making business in Greece.

We ask if 3D printing is the future, visit the only wasabi farm in Europe, and a pen company in Japan that’s obsessed with heritage.

The Entrepreneurs team visits Iceland for a special report. We meet the most interesting entrepreneurs driving innovation in this small and forward-thinking country.

We speak with Vivienne Westwood and Simone Cipriani at the IHT Luxury Conference in Rome, hear of lighthouses’ resurgence in Spain, and discuss cosmetics branding.

We look at the stationery industry – with a luxury envelope manufacturer in South Africa and one of Europe’s oldest pencil factories in Portugal.