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The wider the exposure that we give children of the real working world, the better.
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Business isn't complicated; we complicate business.
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I started work at 13, had three or four part-time jobs, and learnt very quickly the values of work.
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Entrepreneurship can be taught to people with average academic abilities - the proof of that is everywhere you look.
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When I went to school, most parents wanted their children to get good A-levels, to go to university, and get a degree so your children had a better life than you. The way out of poverty was through a degree. But the whole world has moved on from that.
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I'm incredibly passionate about business, about small businesses, and about kids being given the right skills so they are successful.
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When I was on 'Dragons' Den,' most of the letters I received were from people under 16. They wrote about their ideas, their views, their challenges. The audience is actually a very young audience.
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When we arrived in the U.K. on the banana boat, we settled right by Old Trafford.
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On Saturday, I don't want to be woken up until at least nine: I like a bit of a lie-in, a cup of tea, toast and marmalade, and the newspaper.
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I hate mornings.
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I don't really sleep until gone midnight anyway. It takes me a while to calm down before my mind allows me to switch off.
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I try to support local traders. The service makes up for any extra cost.
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For me, the high street is a key part of how we live, what sort of community we are, how we get our news, and how we get our gossip.
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The high street is not a retail thing: it's a social thing, part of the British lifestyle. And I say that as someone who started his life on Limassol high street in Cyprus.
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The high streets I remember best were Seven Sisters Road in north London and then sunny Peckham in south London after we moved there. They were where my parents used to shop. They were great, part of being a teenager.
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Every successful high street needs a catalyst that starts making people want to come there, and independent shops can be that catalyst. If you want a new idea on the high street, you'll probably find it in an independent. I know I shouldn't say this, but new ideas rarely happen in chains. What we do is adopt it once we spot it in an independent.
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I'm an avid sailor, and my first time exploring the Dalmatian Coast and the Croatian islands was very special.
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Souvenirs always tend to look great when you see them in some exotic souk but awful when you finally get them back home. They tend to start in my study and eventually get demoted to the garage or the loft.
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I liked Tom Bower's biography of Bernie Ecclestone, the former Formula 1 boss.
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I like the odd day relaxing by the pool, but I couldn't stand to sunbathe for an entire week.
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In my early teens, I was working in a Wimpy Bar and delivering cab company cards to make cash. I also ran a tuck shop at school. I struggled academically because of being dyslexic. When I saw other families and what they had, it inspired me. I thought, 'I can get that, too, if I work hard.'
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I'd like to think people know what I stand for, which is straight-talking honesty and telling you not just what you want to hear but where it is at.
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I'm a shopaholic. I really am. I can't help myself. I do go into, browse, and purchase from my own shops, too, although the CEOs who run my businesses wish I didn't.
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The more we learn about dyslexia, the more able we will be to help those with it.
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Both my sons are dyslexic, and so, too, in a much milder form, is one of my daughters.
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Retail is my game. I spend every waking hour thinking about it. I started in the industry at the age of 18 after trying various other things that were mind-numbingly boring to me.
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The minute I stepped foot on the shop floor and started serving in a retail environment, I knew it was the career for me. I was a shop assistant for just one day, and I thought, 'This is it. This is the rest of my life. This is all I want to do.'
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I'm a traditionalist, a family man. I love my kids. I believe I have brought them up the right way. They are all very different: they have different drives, different ambitions. They are never going to be me. They are going to be themselves.
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Wherever I go in the world, I put aside several days to go visit the stores.
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I'm not into cats; they aren't my bag.
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The eight years I spent at Millwall were among the best times of my life.
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The reality in business and in 'Dragons' Den' is you win some, and you lose some.
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In Cyprus, our house was right on the beach. I could walk out of our front door, cross a road, and there was the sea.
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I was born in Cyprus, but my family moved to England when I was about six.
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I used to see Triumph TR7s and E-Type Jags, and I used to think, 'One day, I'm gonna have one of those.' I remember seeing an E-Type and walking round it 40 or 50 times.
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I've always maintained the basic business principles of keeping it simple, doing your homework, hard work, and common sense.
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What makes business exciting is that you don't need a fancy degree, and anyone can do it.
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If someone underestimates you because you are warm and approachable, then you have an advantage over them.
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Showing your emotions is not a weakness.
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Women have to work harder to be in the same position as a fella because they often have to balance work with running a family.
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