{"id":43891,"date":"2015-07-07T13:28:39","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T12:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/?p=43891"},"modified":"2022-06-22T11:53:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T10:53:44","slug":"young-guns-in-numbers-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/young-guns-in-numbers-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a3113m turnover, \u00a3114m raised: The numbers behind this year&#8217;s Young Guns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Entrepreneurialism is fast-becoming one of the most popular professions of the 21st century and the <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/alumni\/class-of-2014\/\">Young Guns Class of 2014 <\/a>showcases those young entrepreneurs that are leading the way in British enterprise.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, Growing Business names a group of outstanding business owners aged 35 and under behind 30 of the UK&rsquo;s fastest-growing companies and our <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/\">2014 Young Guns list<\/a> is more impressive than ever with combined turnover of &pound;133m and &pound;144m funds raised.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside Top Gun winner <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/matthew-hayes-champions-uk-plcs-awarded-haysmacintyre-top-gun-young-guns-2014-winners-announced\/\">Matthew Hayes of Champions plc<\/a>, entrepreneurs named in our 2014 index include <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/william-shu-greg-orlowski-deliveroo\/\">Deliveroo founders William Shu and Greg Orlowski<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/ross-bailey-appear\/\">Ross Bailey of Appear Here<\/a>, the founders of <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/cassandra-stavrou-ryan-kohn-propercorn\/\">PROPERCORN<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;the <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/alex-depledge-tom-nimmo-jules-coleman-hassle\/\">founding trio behind Hassle&nbsp;<\/a>&ndash;&nbsp;recently acquired for $35m by Helpling.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about the make-up of our illustrious list in the infographic below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-startupsv3.ecs.stg7.eu-west-1.mvfglobal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/07\/Young-Guns-2014-in-numbers.png\" alt=\"Young Guns 2014 in numbers\" width=\"640\" height=\"905\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Entrepreneurialism is fast-becoming one of the most popular professions of the 21st century and the Young Guns Class of 2014 showcases those young entrepreneurs that are leading the way in British enterprise. 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