Young entrepreneur socking it to doubting Bannatyne
After being told by Duncan Bannatyne that he'd never be able to compete with one of the USA’s best known brands, Lee McAteer set out to prove him wrong.
The Salford-based young entrepreneur’s mix of summer camp, gap year and weekend break companies aimed at UK Millennials is set to turn over £4m this year and employs 100 people.
McAteer has never appeared on Dragons' Den on which millionaire businessman Bannatyne is an investor, but was told by the Scotsman at a social gathering that his idea would never work.
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