James Taylor is a very positive and passionate person. He also believes in hard work and taking the odd risk. That's why he started his business Superstars with just £1,000. Superstars helps develop bright futures for children through sport. It also helps them build confidence, self-esteem and have fun. But Superstars is more than an enjoyable experience. It's a sound business idea. James had spotted an opportunity to make it part of the school curriculum...
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Helen Evans started her handmade jewellery and coordinating accessories business 'Blod' when she spotted a gap in the market for handmade, quality accessories. Helen runs her shop 'Eden Emporium' with two other girls situated on the main high street in Holyhead. Helen started her business after seeking business advice once her daughter started full time school. She found that the support she received was welcoming and friendly. She also had a mentor. She recalls 'You...
Askar Sheibani is CEO of Comtek Network Systems. They refurbish and repair damaged components, highly complex telecommunications, data networking and hardware programmes. Askar started the business as there was a niche market and requirement of what they do. Starting from his garden shed in Reading Comtek Network Systems now is an international, pan-European company. They plan to go global by 2015. Askar came to Wales because of the good infrastructure links, such as the near...
Rachel Fleri is managing director of Specialist Security Co Ltd. Founded in 2001 with limited amount of contracts the company has grown from door work to now providing basic security on construction sites. Rachel talks about how business start up can be grown out of necessity for people to become self employed. She says 'In Wales I think also the government is helping people and steering them towards self employment and encouraging them to do...
Find out how e-Criminals tried to filter data from servers in three different countries and how Secretary Manager Simon Dennis put a robust system in place to ensure the data's integrity.
The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) is a charity and tourist attraction with an online shop and 60,000 annual visitors. Find out how e-Criminals hacked their site and used it as a fake front for banks and how their IT officer acted quickly to take down the affected area and now shares information across the network to stay safe.