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Leader of the year 2014: Jordan Daykin

Business name: Grip it Fixings
Based: Melksham
Website: www.gripitfixings.co.uk

Person nominated: Jordan Daykin

Jordan Daykin is an inspiration to me. He invented Grip It Fixing, with the help of his granddad, when he just 13. He launched the business at 17 and went on BBC Dragons’ Den as the youngest ever contestant and received an investment from Deborah Meaden.

Now 19, Jordan has grown the business and the product is stocked in over 1,400 stores. He has just started talks to take the product to the US. He inspires so many young people around him on a day to day basis.

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