Meet James Jardella, founder of Skin Sapiens

James Jardella set up Skin Sapiens, an independent, natural and sustainably-made skincare brand after he had just become a new father to his baby son, Alex. From working at a major beauty conglomerate to establishing supporting start-ups – James discusses how he transformed his kitchen table-run beauty venture into an award-winning business.

Meet Rivka Rose, founder of Faith In Nature

It all started when a young American came to Britain and had an expectation. But what I found was that Britain wasn't America! The natural lifestyle I had embraced in California just was not here. So I tried to recreate it in the way I knew best, and that was by using my knowledge in nutrition and herbalism.

Meet the founder of Divine Empowerment

Where to start? I’m 40, blonde and wildly ambitions. I have known for years that the lynchpin of dis-ease is trauma. I have spent the last 13 years working out how to dissolve trauma and therefore disease at large. The results I have are truly humbling, miraculous at times. I feel extremely fortunate to have found my vocation when work is fun you are more likely to succeed.

Meet Vicki Anstey, founder of Barreworks

I discovered the Lotte Berk Method around 15 years ago. I was in a high-stress, high-pressure job in advertising and had completely neglected my health and wellness. I decided to make a change and someone recommended Lotte Berk to me, they promised it was ‘like exercise, without really exercising’ so I signed up on the spot.

Meet Ali Shah, founder of TravelUp

My background has always been in travel. Before moving to the United Kingdom in 2002 I was selling holidays as my job in Pakistan’s Punjab province. When I came to the UK I didn’t speak English, so I learned the language by keeping the television on day and night with the subtitles running.