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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Florence Freeman

'I came to the UK with £200 and a bicycle – now my company makes £7million a year'

A Polish migrant whose first job in Britain was working unpaid as a London cycle courier now has a medical delivery business turning over £7million a year.

Alex Landowski arrived 13 years ago with just his bicycle and £200. At 24, he had no plan and found himself sleeping on the floor of his friend’s bedroom, in a tiny property that was home to 10 other migrants.

Now his hi-tech firm, Medical Logistics – which recently launched a ground-breaking drone delivery scheme – is the capital’s only 24/7 dedicated medical courier service. And he employs a team of 25 staff and more than 50 contractors.

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