Inspiring Stories - Ideas

Inspiring Story: Young Guns do Business

Seven young people from Sydney Smith School in Hull ( a school that has just got back to full working order after the floods in June 2007) involved in Young Enterprise Company Programme striving to sell their product

Inspiring Story: Giles Peters

Giles Peters, 17, was inspired to set up Diabetic Hampers after trying to put together a hamper for his diabetic uncle. He found that there was very little choice for diabetics and decided there was a gap in the market.

Inspiring Story: Alice Whiteley

Alice Whiteley had the idea for Loop in May 2006 when she discovered how expensive it was to buy essential kit for her new born baby, and how much went to waste as her child grew up.

Inspiring Story: Eddie Riby

Fed up with missing deliveries? Tired of waiting in all day for a parcel? Eddie Riby has invented the answer: Parcel Safe.

Inspiring Story: Tony Higson

Tony Higson designed the Highson after becoming increasingly annoyed at how creased his clothes were getting while cycling to work.

Inspiring Story: Tim Bosworth

Tim Bosworth is the founder of www.thinkbigbebig.com which lets people know what's big in the world by showcasing luxury properties, consumer goods, fashion and much more. Here he tells us how he made his grand idea happen.

Inspiring Story: Simon Webbe

Simon Webbe set up an independent record label - watch this video to find out his five steps to making his idea happen.

Inspiring Story: Meg Rossof

Meg Rossof achieved her grand idea of publishing a book - watch this video to find out how.

Inspiring Story: Madeleine Thompson

Madeleine Thompson turned her hobby of making one-off jewellery pieces for friends and family into a successful business. Watch this video to find out how she made her grand idea happen.

Inspiring Story: Dominic McVey

Dominic McVey made his first million at 15, importing and selling micro scooters, and now runs pharmaceuticals and cosmetics distribution company Cosmagenics. Watch this video to find out how he achieved his grand idea of selling all kinds of scooters.

Inspiring Story: The Pets at Home think tank

Pets at home launched the “Think tank” within their stores across the UK.

Inspiring Story: Dreams ideas at work scheme

Dreams CEO Mike Clare decided to launch “Ideas at work” during Enterprise eek 2007.

Inspiring Story: Philip Robinson

Philip Robinson is the inventor of the ZorinPump which integrates a bicycle seat and a powerful floor pump which combines track performance with hand pump mobility.

Inspiring Story: Sarah Brown

Sarah Brown started organic skincare company Pai following personal experience of the potentially damaging effects of chemicals in cosmetics.

Inspiring Story: Richard Reed

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.

Inspiring Story: Tim Campbell

In 2005, Sir Alan Sugar selected former London Underground employee Tim Campbell as his first 'apprentice'. Tim has since left Amstrad and founded The Bright Ideas Trust which supports young entrepreneurs.

Inspiring Story: Emily Cummins

Emily Cummins is a serial ethical inventor and entrepreneur. Her latest invention is a solar-powered fridge that she developed on her self-funded gap year in Africa.

Inspiring Story: Emma Colquhoun

Emma Colquhoun is a marketing manager at Britvic. New products usually take 18 months to develop - but she developed Fruit Shoot h20 in just 8 months.

Inspiring Story: Annie Brown

Annie Brown is a building services engineer at Halcrow one of the world’s largest multi-disciplinary consultancies and a committed advocate of the need to find more sustainable solutions in the built environment.

Inspiring Story: Riaz Agha

A brainstorm with a friend over dinner gave Riaz Agha the idea for Rich Media House - a digital communications agency focusing on digital marketing, content management and technology solutions.