62. Diabetic Hampers

Founder: Giles Peters
Website: www.diabetichampers.co.uk

Having caught the entrepreneurial bug at 17, Giles had originally planned to study enterprise at university. However, after launching his online gift hamper business in 2007, while doing his A-Levels, he decided higher education wasn’t the only route to success. The teenager, and Enterprising Young Brit winner, came up with the idea for Diabetic Hampers after several members of his family were diagnosed with the condition. Based in Norwich, the company is set to turnover £90,000 in its first year. Not bad considering the founder is still at school.