A North East trainer king who turned over £1m in his first full year in business after graduating is now getting a further boost from department store chain Fenwick.
Ollie Simpson launched The Sole Scene and its website solescene.com three years ago, turning his rare trainer hobby into a business after buying and selling to his classmates ever since he was a teenager.
The Northumbria University graduate put his studies into practice throughout his three-year course, and spent the final months of his degree in Entrepreneurial Business Management juggling studies with growing the business - even bringing in sales of more than £500,000 while a final year student.
