After being named runner-up on The Apprentice in 2008, 30 year old Claire Young went on to launch luxury wedding venues company Elegant Venues.
Frustrated that young people with talent often struggle to get the breaks they deserve, Adam Sibley decided to set up non-profit organisation Talented Young People.
The Merthyr Tydfil Enterprise Group is an umbrella group for a variety of different partners, all of which deliver projects aimed at making a positive economic impact in their community. It's impact has been recognised as the winner in Wales of the Enterprising Britain competition 2009.
No Limits is one of the entries for the 2009 Enterprising Britain competition. It's a regeneration partnership between three football clubs, four borough councils, Lancashire County Council and local businesses.
James Taylor was inspired to set up SportStars in 2005 when he realised there were no sports coaching facilities available for young people in his area of South Wales.
Having been named as one of the top ’30 under 30’ in 2004 by Media Week for co-founding search marketing agency Espotting, it was obvious Ollie Bishop was on to great things.
Warren Bennett (left) and friend David Hathiramani, launched ASuitThatFits in June 2006. ASuitThatFits is the world’s first online tailor-made suit company, creating high quality, individually hand-tailored suits, with prices starting from £110.
Two school-friends invested their life savings to set up a business. In just three years the workforce increased from two, to over 85 full time employees.
"At Shell Livewire we have already seen a shift in the attitudes of the entrepreneur over the last few years.
After finishing university, Vicky and Craig found themselves with student debt to repay and no obvious route of employment. Inspiration can strike in the most unlikely places, however, and the popular ITV soap Emmerdale would hold the answer.
Richard Reed co-founded Innocent Drinks with two friends in 1998. The company - which prides itself on acting responsibly - has grown quickly and now has a turnover of £76 million.
In summer 2007 Coventry-based band The Enemy hit the number one spot in the album charts with their debut album, We'll Live and Die in These Towns.
Daniel Rajkumar runs a successful web solutions company based in Wakefield called Wéb-Tränslatiôns
Clare Rayner set up Retail Acumen to provide supply chain planning, business intelligence and other support services to the retail industry.
Sarah McVittie is the co-founder and CEO of the Texperts service which enables UK mobile users to text any question and receive an accurate answer within minutes.
Georgie Francis, now 27, set up White Cotton Cards five years ago, and in that time the company has grown from a bedroom-based venture to a team of 30 staff and fourteen agents.
Twenty-six year old Calypso Rose launched Clippykit in 2003. Her first design was a bag that holds and displays photos and mementos. The range now includes 30 different products, sold in designer department stores and receiving celebrity attention.
Michelle Mone is one of the UK's leading female entrepreneurs and is the founder and co-owner of MJM International Ltd, a multi-million pound lingerie company.
Leaving big company life with all its perks to go it alone, is not an easy decision to make, but specialist recruitment consultants, Kate Bagnall and Louise Hopkins, haven’t regretted their move for a minute!
Working within a forward thinking business provided fertile ground for Hannah Ellis’s entrepreneurial streak. She turned a Saturday job into a career when, after university, she developed a Wedding Planning Division at Michelle’s Flowers in Pontefract.
