Young entrepreneurs
Tom Savage
Since leaving university Tom has worked tirelessly as an innovator of ethical entrepreneurial ideas, exploring the roles that social entrepreneurship can play in supporting community centred conservation initiatives.
Andrew Robinson
Andrew is CEO of Strawtech UK, which supplies Sipahh straws to fast-food outlets, supermarkets and convenience stores across the UK. Sipahh straws contain beads which add a variety of flavours to a simple glass of milk when it is sipped through the straw.
Ben Saunders
Ben has spent the last six years leading polar expeditions and in October 2007 he's embarking on the SOUTH expedition - the first return journey to the South Pole on foot and the longest unsupported polar journey of all time.
Kulveer Taggar
Kulveer is a joint founder of www.boso.com, the first online student marketplace in Britain. It has members from over 100 universities, has recently received Angel funding and was the subject of a Channel 4 documentary.
Heather Wilkinson
Heather started Striding Out with a £5,000 loan from her parents. It's a pioneering support network that provides business help and training to young entrepreneurs and provides consultancy to government and academia on enterprise and social enterprise.
Will Howard
Will's company, Hit The Theatre specialises in getting young people enthused about and going to the theatre. By offering discounted tickets, whilst not compromising quality of the seats, Hit The Theatre has built up a loyal following of supporters.
Richard Price
LiveOut was started in November 2005, by four Oxford University students. It is an online database of student rental property, and it makes money by charging estate agents and landlords to list their properties on the site.
Ali Clabburn
Ali set up his innovative car-sharing scheme while he was in his final year of university. His aim is to help alleviate congestion and pollution in the UK, while offering people the chance to save money on their fuel bills. He explains his socially-aware approach.
Alice Bowe
Alice was studying fine art at Oxford when she decided she was more interested in real plants rather than pictures of them. An art show at the Oxford Botanic Gardens prompted her to set up her own landscape design consultancy. She tells us how she's made it grow.
Andy Ross
Andy and his friend Pete Hunt decided to base their freshly-prepared ready meals business in Newcastle after studying at the university. Two years on, they've established themselves as a quality enterprise sourcing local produce. Andy explains how they started.
Annika Bosanquet
In November 2004, Annika won an Enterprising Young Brit award for Wrapology, the funky packaging company she runs with her younger brother Tom. She explains what inspired her to become her own boss.
Fraser Doherty
Fraser went into the jam-making trade at the age of 14, after his homemade preserves sold well locally. Now he has a thriving business which sells his luxury jams all over the world.
Henrietta Maltby
Henrietta was fed up of her inability to wear fashionable knee high boots because what was available didn't fit her calves. Her solution? To create a range of her own, which she now sells online with her husband.
James Murray Wells
A true visionary, James revolutionised the spectacle-buying market by offering glasses online at little more than cost price, thereby saving the consumer substantial amounts of money. He explains how - and why - he did it.
James Steward
James runs Cyclepods along with Natalie Connell. They sell James' own design for a bicycle storage system. He came up with the idea at university, and the response to it was so strong, he was inspired to turn it into a business.
Jennifer Irvine
Jennifer grew up on a self sufficient farm in the West of Ireland, and as a result, places real value in natural, great tasting produce from ethical sources. She decided to set up The Pure Package so that busy people could eat healthily without having to worry about how and when to find the time.
Jordan Kensington
Jordan is COE of the Invincible Media Group, founder of the Urban Music Awards and promoter of British Music Week. He explains why a strong sense of self belief is the key to turning dreams into reality.
Liam Rhodes
At the age of 15 Liam was named the youngest Managing Director in Britain. His business, iFuse Technologies Limited, is now branching out from web hosting and enterprise education software into MMORPGs (that's Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games!)
Oli Barrett
Oli is so fond of making ideas happen, he gets involved with other people's, as well as his own! He has been involved in a range of projects, from producing a musical, to helping found a language learning exchange. His current obsession is speed-networking.
Patrick Philpott
Patrick didn't let homework get in the way of building a thriving business - his company, Intelligent Networking Events, organises get-togethers for local people with an interest in all things enterprising. He tells us how he balances the boardroom with the classroom. 
Rebecca Jordan
Rebecca Jordan and Kirsty Weir set up gap year information site gapwork.com, the first of several businesses together, in 1999. Since then, they've won a host of national and regional entrepreneurial awards. Their latest project, PDC Education, is a national resource for teachers.
Rob Gauntlet
Gap year students Rob Gauntlet and James Hooper walked into the record books when they became the youngest ever Britons to climb Mount Everest. Rob tells us what qualities he believes anyone wanting to achieve their goal should have.
Simone Schehtmann
When City banker Simone spotted a gap in the corporate hospitality market, she swapped her smart suits for racing overalls, and set up Teamworks Karting with partner Michael Bryant. She tells us how her idea got past the finish line.
Simon Stevens
Coventry-based Simon, winner of an Enterprising Young Brit award in 2004, hasn't let cerebral palsy get in the way of running a successful business. His company, Enable Enterprises, offers a range of services - such as personal finance and advocacy - to organisations and individuals.
Sonia Ramanah
Sonia set up StreetVibes Youth, an independent, not-for-profit youth organisation based in south London, two years ago. It uses music and media-based activities to engage and inspire hard-to-reach young people. Sonia tells us how she became a social entrepreneur.
Timothy Han
Timothy's philosophy is simple: "learn to live in harmony with your environment" and the luxury candles that his company produces reflects this. They are created using pure all-natural ingredients from sustainable resources and now have a loyal following among celebrities. Here he tells us how he made it happen.
Spencer Craig
Spencer Craig, from London, and Greg Castle, from New York, opened Pure California, a Soho-based sandwich, salad and smoothie outlet with a healthy slant, in June 2005.
Tristan Cowell
Tristan knew he was on to a good thing when he finally solved his annual dilemma of how to display all the cards he and his family got at Christmas. He explains how it's turned into a global enterprise.
Wayne Saunders
Londoner Wayne set up BossCrowns Productions 10 years ago. The company specialises in video, TV and film production, and also provides training and mentoring for disadvantaged young people.