Struggling single mum who relied on food banks now owns two multi-million pound companies!19/2/2021  Image credit: themrspedersen from Instagram Ten years ago, Rachel Pedersen, a social media strategist and TikTok expert from the US, was relying of food banks and was struggling to make ends meet, and now helps other parents start and grow their companies. You can read about Rachel's incredible turnaround in The Sun...
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 Image credit: nishafitness_ from Instagram Tanisha Washington (@nishafitness), is now a NASM-certified personal trainer and fitness business owner (Better Body By NISHA) in Austin, Texas. After struggling with her weight her entire life, Tanisha learned how to make her favourite meals using healthier ingredients and started doing HIIT cardio and strength training. You can read more about Tanisha's story over at Women's Health...
 Image credit: The Seep Company Worried about your job prospects this year? You are not alone. Employment opportunities are looking bleak for many. The pandemic has already resulted in hundreds of thousands of job cuts – many in the retail, leisure, hospitality, travel and entertainment sectors – and more are expected as businesses continue to struggle.
But thankfully, for those who want to give themselves the best chance of finding a new job, it's possible to add sparkle to a CV and develop your skills by taking an online course. From the top universities and colleges, including the Open University, to specialist providers such as Udemy and LinkedIn – and even private companies such as Barclays and Accenture – there are numerous courses available, both free and paid-for. They range from digital marketing, bookkeeping and Mandarin to child care. But will they make a difference? You can find out more over at 'This Is Money', and see how people are taking the world as a new-age entrepreneur, like Laura Harnett founded eco-friendly products firm Seep, (theseepcompany.com), an eco-friendly household cleaning products company which sells sponges, scourers and cloths that are plastic-free and 100 per cent compostable.  Image credit: Metro News Grant and Jordanna Sanderson dreamt up the new quiz card game, Shot In The Dark during Christmas 2016 after a tense family game of Trivial Pursuit. The game has flown off the shelves since mid-March making almost £150,000. You can read more over in the Metro News...
 Keely Parsons first started making wax melts when she was 18 years old and sold them on her Facebook group whilst on maternity leave. Sassy Shop Wax is now set to make £2.5 million! You can read more in The Sun...
 Lauren Hinchliffe from Sheffield shed 10st by giving her diet an overhaul after seeing a snap of her son sitting on what she thought was a bean bag, but it turned out to be her knee.
You can read the full story over in The Sun...  Image credit: Ian Smith Ian Smith, a recovering alcoholic lost more than 4st and turned his life around after going seven months sober after spiralling out of control, regularly bingeing on booze and junk food. You can read this inspiring story over at LADBible...
 A morbidly obese mum has revealed her dramatic transformation after she was spurred on to lose weight after an embarrassing incident at Alton Towers. Alison Bell, 37, from Holt, Norfolk, tipped the scales at 23st 4lbs and squeezing into a dress size 30 before losing a whooping 12st! You can read more over in The Sun!
 Image credit: Style of the City Magazine Rachael Flanagan was just 18 when she started Mrs Bucket in her home town of Swansea - using her last £20 to print flyers to advertise her services after failing her A levels spurred her on to create a cleaning business that's now turning over £3.5million a year. You can read more over in The Mirror...
 Personal trainer Gavin Townsend took a gamble as Britain headed into lockdown that making and designing his own range of gym equipment would pay his bills - and get him out of the £40,000 debt that he had accumulated. The gamble paid off for the 34-year-old and his business, Gymbeing, is now set to deliver much more than that, turning over £1million this year. You can read more over on This Is Money...
 Life-changing revelations can come when you least expect it. Check out these unexpected weight-loss lessons from women who have been battling their weight for decades and now have the results they have been chasing! You can read more over in The Healthy...
 Image credit: Shahbaz Ali on Unsplash George Michniewicz was raised to value hard work - and that's what's taken him from being a trainee manager to a 14-restaurant McDonald's empire turning over £54m a year! You can read more in The Mirror!
 Third-year Cardiff student Ellis Lloyd Jones has built a TikTok following during lockdown that’s so big (just a solid 31 million…) he’s been able to quit his job at Greggs. Ellis started using the app back in October 2019, when the app had “barely anyone using it”. Now he typically gets around £22 every time he gets one million views! You can read more in the Cardiff Tab...
 In the space of two years, Katy Peters, went from an unhealthy 18st 2lbs to an impressive 11st 4lb by training herself to like broccoli while ditching her daily Greggs diet! You can read more about this big weight loss!
 When Matt Riggs's seven-year-old son came home from school after learning about healthy eating, he asked his dad a question that would change his life forever. Matt knew it was time for a change so joined the gym and changed his diet - and he's now managed to lose an incredible amount of weight and is loving his new healthy lifestyle. You can read this inspiring story over in The Sun...
 Poppy Stainsby has shed almost 6st during lockdown after kicking her £11,000 a year takeaway habit! You can read more about another big weightloss story over in The Sun...
 Image credit: World Footwear Luis Onofre openly admits that his first foray into luxury shoe design could have been his last. The Portuguese designer launched his first namesake collection in 1993, shortly after taking over his family's shoe factory. His father had warned him it wouldn't sell, and his dad was proved correct. Consumers weren't interested, and the shoes bombed. You can read more over at BBC News...
 Sami Wunder is not your typical chief executive. The business she runs is a love and relationships coaching service. Today it makes over a million pounds a year. However, when she started out she had to contend with questions that trouble almost every first-time entrepreneur: should I set my prices low at the beginning to attract customers? And if I do, when do I dare raise them? You can read more over at BBC News...
 As a teenager, Jennifer Besser said she slowly piled on the pounds - tipping the scales at 19.5st, despite being active and loving playing sport at high school. It was New Years 2015 that changed everything...
How Man Utd sensation Bruno Fernandes became a legend as a skinny teen with Italian minnows Novara27/11/2020  Image credit: AFP or Licensors Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes professional debut is still the stuff of legend in Novara.
Pablo Gonzalez, currently back for his third spell at the Italian Serie B club, remembers well the November afternoon in 2012 when the skinny teenager from Portugal was brought on as a late sub. You can read more in The Sun...  image credit: Marvin Meyer on Unsplash It is a turbulent time for the economy but that has not stopped thousands of people from launching a business this year. BBC Scotland's The Nine has been hearing from four businesses born in a storm..
 Image credit: Daily Info Back in 2014 while on maternity leave, Kimberlee Perry started up Bounce six years ago. The physical class sessions became virtual, something that Kimberlee had never contemplated previously. You can read more about how 'Bounce' changed due to the coronavirus outbreak over on BBC News...
Weight loss transformation who gorged on chocolate and biscuits wows in amazing transformation!20/11/2020  Kelsey Daniels, of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ballooned to 15st 9lb after gorging on chocolate but has since joined Slimming World to fight the flab! You can read Kelsey's story over in The Mirror...
Twins, 20, pay off their mum’s mortgage after making £200K a year from playing video games!17/11/2020  Twin brothers, Matt and Ben Horton, both 20, have paid off their mum's mortgage after making £200,000 a year from playing video games. You can read more in The Metro..
 Patrick Coveney, is the Chief Executive of the UK's largest maker of pre-packaged sandwiches, Greencore. With the coronavirus lockdown hitting businesses hard, Coveney spoke to BBC News about how the business kept production running.
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