I don’t often mention my father, but I happen to be very proud of him, he’s probably the reason why I am so obsessed with owning my own business one day! He (and my mum and their business partners) built up a large business with offices across Europe, the company renamed from Express Terminals to Express Group in 2006, I happened to be working there during the re-brand. He’s retired now (kinda), but I found this the other day, and I just thought it was worth sharing. It really is a reminder of how fast technology changes and how quickly you can get things moving if you put your mind to something.

In case you can’t read it, it says:

Making that break…

Computer engineer Peter Whitehouse has swapped his daily car drive across the Pennines for a morning jog and a brisk walk to work.

Peter, 42, grew tired of commuting daily between his home in Ripon and his work place in Salford – a 160 mile round trip.

He’d also had a burning ambition to run his own business. So with a little help from his friends – and his wife Linda – he launched Express Terminals in the North Yorkshire town a year ago with £5,000 and a second hand Volvo.

Now he’s at work within minutes – to a business of his own which has netter a first year turnover of £300,000 with a £1m target for next year.

The computer printer repair company now employs five engineers an administrative clerk and intends to take on more staff this year.