Trading Places

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THE increasing number of people turning their lives around by choosing to start up a new business is highlighted in the Barclays Trading Places Awards.

Previous winners include a single mum who overcame physical abuse to set up a successful beauty business and a former policeman who lost an arm and his career but went on to establish a driving school for the disabled.

The awards are open to everyone who has been trading for a minimum of three months and a maximum of three years, with an annual turnover of less than £1million.

Launching Trading Places 2008, Barclays’ area manager for local business in Scotland, Gary Wade, said: “This is a celebration of Scotland’s unsung heroes who, in spite of great personal challenges, have taken steps to establish a sustainable business and, in doing so, changed the direction of their lives – for the benefit of themselves and their families.”

Entries for the Barclays Trading Places Awards – now in their fourth year – must be in by May 30. Nomination leaflets are available by calling 0800 085 3203 or visiting barclays.co.uk/tradingplaces