Wayne George - Furniture

Despite being only 25 years old, Wayne George is running his own successful business designing and making furniture for private clients. His Somerset-based firm attracts customers from as far afield as Canada.

'I have always wanted to be self-employed and the course I took, City & Guilds progression award in furniture: handcrafted cabinet making, enabled me to extend an existing skill,' he says. Wayne set up Wayne George Furniture in September 2000, when he enrolled on his City & Guilds course. 'The course was recommended by Yeovil College and it has already helped me on my way as I have changed my career, begun to earn money from a hobby and started my own business.'