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David Palmer-Jones has over 20 years' experience working in the recycling and waste management industry.Ìý

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He began his career with SITA UK, going on to work in Europe for 12 years for both SITA Sweden and SITA France.

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David rejoined SITA UK in 2006 and has remained there ever since, becoming Chief Executive in October 2008.

Richard Hurtley started his sports heritage clothing brand out of his garage, selling to fellow students at Exeter University when he was 22.

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Since graduating in 2007 he has developed from just 4 pairs of rugby socks to a full casual wear and accessory range, targeting active 16-25 year old men and women.

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The brand is now a nationwide fashion company, with 2 retail stores, a transactional website, a shows team and around 60 wholesale accounts with retailers and fashion websites.

Following a degree in Law and Japanese, Emma Jones joined an international accounting firm where she set up the firm’s inward investment practice that attracted overseas companies to locate in the UK.

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In 2000, bitten by the dot.com bug, Emma left the firm to start her first business, Techlocate – after 15 months she successfully sold the company.

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The experience of starting, growing and selling a business from a home base gave Emma the idea for Enterprise Nation which was launched in 2006 as the home business website.

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The company has since expanded to become a small business community of over 75,000 people who access content, events and funding; online, in print and in person.