It's never easy to set up any business, but it comes back to determination and drive and the love of what you do!

I am a great believer that you need passion and energy to create a truly successful business. Remember many new businesses do not make it and running a business will be a tough experience, involving long hours and many hard decisions - it helps to have that passion to keep you going.

Perhaps my early problems with dyslexia made me more intuitive: when someone sends me a written proposal, rather than dwelling on detailed facts and figures I find that my imagination grasps and expands on what I read.

Protect your reputation. Don't be afraid of making mistakes.

In business, as in life, all that matters is that you do something positive.

Building a business is not rocket science, it's about having a great idea and seeing it through with integrity.

I am no stranger to healthy competition-wor king hard and playing hard