In tonight's first programme, best friends Naz and Mark have quit their jobs and sold their flats in order to put everything into a new, healthy burger restaurant. Neither have any experience, and with start-up costs of £300,000 it's a massive undertaking. Just how massive they can't begin to imagine...
想创事业人分集剧情:第2集
电视剧想创事业人共有 8 集
When 40-year-old businessman Mark Harvey took redundancy from his? 60,000 job, he decided to step off the corporate ladder and set up a chain of women’s fashion stores with his wife Maria. At a time when one in three fashion shops is going bust the Harveys are risking everything in an industry they know nothing about. And they’ve never worked together before. Very quickly Maria’s impulsive risk-taking starts to clash with Mark’s more cautious and risk averse approach and soon the strain and stress of their constant bickering and take their toll.
Within days of meeting, two women decide to go into business together. They’re risking a quarter of a million pounds to set up an exclusive urban beauty spa in Bath- a business they know nothing about. Colette Mallon is a single mother and ex-high-flying sales executive. She’s risking her home for the chance to be her own boss and spend time with her son. Betsi Hughes is an ex-pop star and full-time mother of three with a rich husband to fall back on if the business fails. Their ambitious plans soon run into problems: the refurbishment of their listed building is delayed and goes well over budget, the opening of their money-spinning treatment rooms is put on hold, sales in the shop are dismal and Betsi isn’t pulling her weight. When the workload gets too much, Colette’s forced to send her son away to stay with relatives for the summer. With no income for nearly a year, she gets seriously into debt and, as the business struggles on.
想创事业人分集剧情:第5集
电视剧想创事业人共有 8 集
Garden centre manager Geoff Sim and hairdresser Chrissie Bolger are fed up with their dead end jobs and want a better life. They decide the way out is to set up a stylish hair salon in Southampton. The problem is, Geoff knows nothing about hairdressing and Chrissie knows nothing about business. But Geoff is a driven man. Passed over in his bid to become a pro footballer, he’s determined not to let any obstacle stand in his way this time. Despite having no money between them, Geoff and Chrissie’s modest plan to open a small salon snowballs to a half-a-million-pound venture, putting their families and everything they own at risk. As their dream spirals out of control, Geoff and Chrissie resort to desperate measures to raise the money.
想创事业人分集剧情:第6集
电视剧想创事业人共有 8 集
Many of us have the fantasy of quitting a job and setting up our own business. But how many would take the risk? This series follows the real-life stories of people who are prepared to do just that. At times inspiring, at times cautionary, Risking It All shows the reality of what it's like to change your life and set up on your own. The series tells the stories of five sets of entrepreneurs and their fledgling businesses in the make-or-break period of their first year, through the months of preparation to the big opening day and through the first difficult months of trading when they face problems with staff, hitting targets, growing debts and above all, strains on friendships and marriages. In tonight's first programme, best friends Naz and Mark have quit their jobs and sold their flats in order to put everything into a new, healthy burger restaurant. Neither have any experience.
Garden centre manager Geoff Sim and hairdresser Chrissie Bolger are fed up with their dead end jobs and want a better life. They decide the way out is to set up a stylish hair salon in Southampton. The problem is, Geoff knows nothing about hairdressing and Chrissie knows nothing about business. But Geoff is a driven man. Passed over in his bid to become a pro footballer, he’s determined not to let any obstacle stand in his way this time. Despite having no money between them, Geoff and Chrissie’s modest plan to open a small salon snowballs to a half-a-million-pound venture, putting their families and everything they own at risk. As their dream spirals out of control, Geoff and Chrissie resort to desperate measures to raise the money. Prod/ Dir: Marcus Sulley; Exec Prods: Joanna Head, Nick Powell; Prod Co: Ricochet South.