1. THE CAT HOTELIER
Abi Purser left a job as a saddle fitter to start Longcroft Luxury Cat Hotel in 2010, and franchised the business soon after. She hopes to oversee 200 operations in ten years' time.
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2. The NIGHTLIFE PLANNER
Nick Telson co founded DesignMyNight.com, an online service that helps users plan their evening’s entertainment, with a university friend in 2009. He says, 'With a tech company you have quite low overheads and a high margin. We want to be in three or four UK cities within 12 months.'
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3. THE JETSETTER'S FRIEND
Carol Cork launched online private jet booking platform PrivateFly.com with her husband in 2007 and the company now turns over £4 million. She says, ‘We wanted to make private jet travel more transparent, accessible and efficient.’
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4. THE NITRO ICE CREAM MAN
Charlie Francis set up a mobile liquid nitrogen ice cream parlour in 2011 and is set to grow turnover to £140,000 next year. He says, 'My parents have been making ice cream for 30 years and it made sense to go into something where I could draw on that experience.’
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5. THE WASTE MANAGEMENT MARKETPLACE
Edward Fanshawe set up waste management bidding site Skiptrips in 2012 after having difficulty getting decent quotes for skips. ‘I decided to set up a marketplace where Environment Agency-regulated skip providers can bid online for jobs,’ he says.
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6. THE SURVIVOR
In 1998, Ann-Maree Morrison was fighting for her life after being hit by a train while on holiday in Australia – but that didn't stop her from starting a successful label-making company turning over £300,000.
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7. THE SALAD DRESSING GURU
Gem Misa started natural food company Righteous in 2009 and turned over £120,000 in 2011. She says, 'I was at Unilever but I wasn’t able to create products. I knew if there was something I wanted to work with day in day out it would have to be food.’
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8. THE GREEN DATA CENTRE
Green tech entrepreneur Peter Hopton founded data centre cooling company Iceotope in 2011. He says, 'Back in 2005 I was experimenting with computers and electronic fluids for cooling purposes. I filed a patent, pitched to investors and got seven figures of investment in 2008.
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9. CASH-MAGNET
Smartphone app Hailo has made headlines for securing one of Europe's largest ever venture capital funding rounds - around £10 million. Says co-founder Russell Hall, 'In January 2009, two other taxi drivers and I had the idea of using a web-based platform to get passengers into taxis that would otherwise use minicabs.’
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10. THE INNOVATION TEACHER
Simon Hill started innovation management company Wazoku in 2011 and is already looking to turn over £400,000 for his next year of trading. It's a subscription-based business with software that helps generate ideas and innovation within a company, taking the traditional company ‘suggestion box’ online.
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