Lincolnshire farmer Alex Albone set up Pipers Crisps in 2004. Today, he produces 75,000 bags a week – but downright refuses to supply major supermarkets. “As long as I live, I won’t sell to Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda or Waitrose.”
Husband and wife team Andrew and Debbie Keeble launched Debbie & Andrew’s sausages in 2001. Now their Yorkshire-based outfit is pumping out sausages like, well, a sausage factory, and making a meaty profit to boot.
Entrepreneurs up and down the country have been watching back-to-back episodes of Only Fools and Horses, gleaning top tips from the wheeler-dealer himself.
In 2004, sisters Haleh and Golnar Abivardi opened Swiss Smile, a private dental clinic, in Zurich. Today, they have clinics in St. Moritz and London, employ 200 people and, with a turnover of £10m, have plenty to smile about.
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