Growing success stories
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Ed Molyneux started FreeAgent Central in 2007. He runs the business from his home in Scotland and is living proof of how you can start a home business, build it up in your part-time, and scale for international expansion.
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Katie Burnett started home based business, Les Enfants, in 2004. She’s since developed it into a specialty company organising children’s events for top notch private and corporate clients. In any one day she can be handling a small party for 40 children or a family fun day for 1,000 party-goers.
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Stiff Rowlands is a two-man creative agency formed by James Stiff and Simon Rowlands. Having collaborated as Graphic Design students at Liverpool John Moores University, they spent the next 11 years gaining valuable experience at other people's expense before deciding it was time to join forces once again.
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Patrick Eve is the founder and boss of TranslateMedia and he provides work for 970 home based translators. If you are interested in turning your language skills into a home based business, read on for Patrick’s story.
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Lucy O’Neill is a busy girl who has developed a successful website and is constantly looking for ways to improve and grow her business. She tells us how she came up with the idea for Busy Girls Guide and how dinner with her busy family is just like a TV show.
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Lisa Houghton & Tracey Park were speech and language therapists with more than 30 years of work experience between them when they started Talking Tots from a home office in Lytham, St Annes. Early successes encouraged them to turn the business into a franchise and now they’re talking of international expansion.
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Steve Bellerby started Smith Bellerby Ltd in 1999 as a home based business, working from a back bedroom. Whilst the company has grown significantly, Steve has stayed true to his homeworking roots. He tells us how he’s expanded the business - and his family room - to accommodate the workforce!
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In 2006, Maria Munn dived in at the deep end and launched her own underwater photography business. Ocean Visions runs special one day courses to help divers with compact cameras. Maria stopped by to answer some home business questions.
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In 2005, Kate and Chris Dawson combined their experience of art and commerce to launch Spirit, a collection of handcrafted gifts, jewellery, fashion accessories and home wares. They've since opened a gallery and gift shop in Northumberland and online and join us to answer some more home business Q&As.
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Jane Kenyon and Yvonne Halling are the co-founders of Well Heeled Divas Ltd. The company is in the business of training, personal development and coaching. The two main ladies step into the hot seat to answer some home business questions.
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