Tri-ang wants to expand and recapture the days of former glory. But they are trying to do "too much with too little" and the investors are sceptical. Watch Sir John's dramatic solution.
Unprecedented growth has led Copella to small profits and big borrowing. A family business, they can't cope and are having to make emotional decisions in order to survive.
Sir John finds Apricot beset by problems which need to be unravelled as they struggle to keep pace with a business dominated by giants. Sir John points out that "sometimes business is about killing your most favoured children."
With a projected two million pound overspend hanging over their heads, the managers of the Health Authority call on Sir John to help solve their problems - hopefully without resorting to closing hospitals and exacerbating already lengthy waiting lists.
The British pottery industry is fairly healthy but Sir John discovers that Churchill needs to make dramatic changes in management style to succeed in exploiting it's position.
The classic hand built sports car industry is booming, yet Morgan have a ten year waiting list for their cars. Sir John finds the company is run more like a hobby than a business and it finds facing up to change a difficult task.