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UKBF user name: Rob Holmes Real name: Rob Holmes Company name: Into The Blue Company website: www.intotheblue.co.uk Company contact: [email protected] / 01959 578100 1. How did you start your business? Into The Blue started 10 years ago by selling flying lessons to visitors at the...

UKBF user name: 4little1s Real name: Christianne James Company name: 4little1s.com Company website: www.4little1s.com Company contact: [email protected] or 01883 626 011 1. How did you start your business? I set up 4little1s.com to juggle a busy home life with children and pay school fees...

UKBF user name: Tin Real name: Ray Field Company name: Tin Solder Website: www.tinsoldierdesign.co.uk Contact: 01298 813372 1. How did you start your organisation? More by accident than anything else. In 1992 I was pensioned out of the fire service after an accident damaged my knee and had...

UKBF user name: DuaneJackson Real name: Duane Jackson Company name: KashFlow Software Ltd Website: www.kashflow.co.uk Contact: 0800 848 8301 1. How did you start your organisation? I started KashFlow in 2004 because I was very frustrated at the complexity of all the bookkeeping and...

UKBF user name: creacom Real name: Jacqui MacDougall Company name: CreaCom Design Website: www.creacomdesign.com Contact: [email protected] 1. How did you start your business? At the start of 2005 I moved back to Scotland after spending five years in France. During my time there I...

UKBF user name: Alpha Real name: Alan Moore Company name: Alpha Business Services Website: www.alphalimited.co.uk Contact: Alan Moore/Sharon Haywood 1. How did you start your organisation? I had sold the company that I ran as MD on behalf of the group. I stayed on for six months to ensure a...

UKBF user name: Oliver Sidwell Company name: R M P Enterprise Ltd Company website: www.ratemyplacement.co.uk Company contact: [email protected] How did you start your business? www.RateMyPlacement originated from our own work placement experiences whilst at Loughborough University...

Real name: Chris Kaday UKBF user name: Chris Kaday Company name: Chris Kaday Company website: www.chriskaday.co.uk Company contact: [email protected] 07717 411382 1.How did you start your business? Actually I started my first business on a day when I was declared redundant, got...

Real name: Richard Boyd UKBF user name: An Oasis Company name: Real Oasis Company website: www.realoasis.com Company contact: [email protected] 01606 851740 1. How did you start your business? I retrained a number of years ago, because I was burned out, bored, had totally lost...

Real name: Andy Barr UKBF user name: 10 Yetis Company name: 10 Yetis Company website: www.10yetis.co.uk Company contact: +44 (0)1452 527898 or [email protected] 1. How did you start your business? We initially started as two freelancers working under the umbrella of 10 Yetis whilst in...

Real name: Dr. Steve Menear UKBF name: goldctrsteve Former location: Cornwall Current location: Atlanta, USA How did you start your business? I've worked for international companies for more than 20 years. About six years ago, I felt the need to go back to school to ensure my knowledge and...

Real name: Simon Raybould UKBF user name: simonr Company name: Curved Vision Location: Newcastle upon Tyne Company website: www.curved-vision.co.uk Company contact: [email protected] How did you start your business? I started part time while carrying on with my research work at...

Real name: Julian Ross UKBF user name: Games4Business Company name: Something2Play Limited Location: Essex, UK Company website: www.games4business.biz, www.something2play.com Company contact: [email protected] How did you start your business? In 2005, after working in the IT...

Real name: Mark Price UKBF user name: England-Villages Company name: SkyHighPhotographs Location: Cornwall Company website: www.skyhighphotographs.co.uk Company contact: 0845 430 1945 How did you start your business? Previous to April 29 2007, I was signing on as unemployed in west...

Real name: Ray Burn UKBF user name: RayB Company name:: alocalprinter.com Location: West Sussex Company website: www.alocalprinter.com Company contact: [email protected] How did you start your business? I started in printing back in 1987, working for one of the largest print groups in...

Real name: Lucia Hedderley UKBF user name: boho Company name:: Boho Fashion Jewellery Location: Birmingham Company website: www.bohofashionjewellery.co.uk Company contact: [email protected] How did you start your business? I had been helping a friend with the product...

Real name::Nina Cole UKBF user name: Pet Nanny Company name:: Nina's Nannies for Pets Location: Bedfordshire Company website: www.ninasnanniesforpets.co.uk Company contact: [email protected] How did you start your business? I had just returned to my part time position, having...

Real name::Peter Bowen UKBF user name: Peter Bowen Company name:: No More 24/7 Consulting Location: Bangor, Northern Ireland Company website: www.nomore247.com Company contact: [email protected] How did you start your business? I've been an entrepreneur most of my life but by 36 I was burned...