Defining Moments

About 18 years ago I operated my own driving school, but left that to go into the Financial Services and Insurance market. In more recent years I was a Senior Finance Manager for a national company who supplied electrical goods and payments were made via… read more

Mistake To Avoid

I contacted several local government schemes but unfortunately I didn’t have any luck. I was fortunate that I was left with some inheritance which helped me to fund 95% of the projects. I think I probably should have pushed for more funding however.… read more

Pearl Of Wisdom

To be a successful entrepreneur, it helps if you don’t sleep! Seriously though, it’s about being able to adapt, and always believe that everything is possible. You’ve heard the expression location, location, location? Well I believe it should be… read more

Challenge

My biggest challenge has been that some days I can’t even face leaving the house. This is due to a social phobia, but it’s improving as I have friends who help me run the business. I also get frustrated as the business being generated is fantastic- who… read more

Success

My biggest success was being in the right place at the right time. I obtained the contracts for two large companies- Flamingo Land theme park and Haven Holiday Parks. To be honest, the business has started to race away and I’ve had to put the brakes on-… read more

Aspiration

My aspirations for the business at first were merely to help overcome my medical problem, and to provide an income to the standard I had become accustomed.… read more