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Oliver Cookson
Oliver Cookson is an English entrepreneur who established the sports nutrition business Myprotein, which he sold in 2011 for £58 million to The Hut Group. He was named in the Sunday Times Rich List 2019 having recorded a net worth of £306 m. Early life Oliver Cookson is a British entrepreneur, who grew up in Withington, Manchester, in the Northwest of England, and comes from a working-class background. After leaving school with one GCSE, he was taken on as an apprentice for an IT company before setting up on his own as a self-taught contract website developer for major global organisations. Career Myprotein Cookson, a keen weight trainer, applied his knowledge of web development to launch sports nutrition brand Myprotein in 2004 with just a £500 overdraft. He began trading from a lock-up garage and built Myprotein into a multi-million-pound business employing more than fifty staff and selling products across the UK and Europe. The company manufactures and sells spor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kingsway School
The Kingsway School is a coeducational secondary school located in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The school has sites on each side of Kingsway; on Foxland Road in Gatley to the west and Broadway in Cheadle to the east. History The school was formed in 1983 by the merger of Broadway Boys School and Kingsway Girls School, now called the Foxland and Broadway campuses after the roads they are on. In 2014, the school celebrated the 75th anniversary of Broadway Campus and the 50th anniversary of the Foxland Campus. Previously a community school administered by Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, in February 2016 The Kingsway School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the Education Learning Trust. Charitable activity The school has raised over £500,000 for charities including their sister school in Kenya. This has been done through a sponsored walk every other year, an annual Christmas fair along with several other charity events. Staf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myprotein
Myprotein is a British bodybuilding supplement brand which has developed into a family of brands, including Myvitamins, Myvegan, MyPRO and MP Activewear. It was founded in 2004 by Oliver Cookson and bought by The Hut Group in 2011. History Myprotein was founded in 2004 by Oliver Cookson and acquired by British e-commerce company, The Hut Group, in June 2011. In December 2015, Myprotein announced an agreement with Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development to build their first production facility outside the UK in Bullitt County, Kentucky. Myprotein (registered as Cend Limited) invested $17 million to rent a production and distribution facility that planned to create 350 new jobs in the region. Sponsorships Myprotein has partnered with various competitive sports teams from across the UK and Canada. * St Helens RFC * Warrington Wolves * London Broncos * Sale Sharks * Burnley FC * Nottingham Forest * University of Nottingham Sport * Toronto Wolfpack Controversies In 2014, The Hut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values than simply economic ones. An entrepreneur is an individual who creates and/or invests in one or more businesses, bearing most of the risks and enjoying most of the rewards.The process of setting up a business is known as entrepreneurship. The entrepreneur is commonly seen as an innovator, a source of new ideas, goods, services, and business/or procedures. More narrow definitions have described entrepreneurship as the process of designing, launching and running a new business, which is often similar to a small business, or as the "capacity and willingness to develop, organize and manage a business venture along with any of its risks to make a profit." The people who create these businesses are often referred to as entrepreneurs. While de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Nutrition
Sports nutrition is the study and practice of nutrition and diet with regards to improving anyone's athletic performance. Nutrition is an important part of many sports training regimens, being popular in strength sports (such as weightlifting and bodybuilding) and endurance sports (e.g. cycling, running, swimming, rowing). Sports nutrition focuses its studies on the type, as well as the quantity of fluids and food taken by an athlete. In addition, it deals with the consumption of nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, supplements and organic substances that include carbohydrates, proteins and fats. Factors influencing nutritional requirements Differing conditions and objectives suggest the need for athletes to ensure that their sports nutritional approach is appropriate for their situation. Factors that may affect an athlete's nutritional needs include type of activity (aerobic vs. anaerobic), gender, weight, height, body mass index, workout or activity stage (pre-workout, intr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hut Group
THG plc, formerly The Hut Group, is a British e-commerce retail company headquartered at Manchester Airport, England. It sells own-brand and third-party cosmetics, dietary supplements, luxury goods, and licensed and personalised products online. It provides an end-to-end e-commerce service to third parties through its Ingenuity division. As of 2022, the company operates 18 fulfilment centres which ship to 195 territories worldwide. History The company was founded in Manchester in 2004 with a £500,000 investment by Matt Moulding and John Gallemore. The company sold CDs and DVDs online before creating white-label web stores for large physical retailers, including Asda, Argos Entertainment, Tesco and WHSmith. It operated a warehouse in Guernsey, allowing customers to avoid paying VAT on items priced below £18. The creation of the iPhone in 2007 undermined this business model and The Hut Group began acquiring internet retailers and moving them into the group's existing syst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Withington
Withington is a suburb of Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it lies from Manchester city centre, about south of Fallowfield, north-east of Didsbury and east of Chorlton-cum-Hardy. Withington has a population of just over 14,000 people, reducing at the 2011 census to 13,422. In the early 13th century, Withington occupied a feudal estate that included the townships of Withington, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Moss Side, Rusholme, Burnage, Denton and Haughton, held by the Hathersage, Longford and Tatton families, and within the Manor of Manchester and Hundred of Salford in historic county boundaries of Lancashire. Withington was largely rural until the mid-19th century when it experienced rapid socioeconomic development and urbanisation due to the Industrial Revolution, and Manchester's growing level of industrialisation. Withington became part of Manchester in 1904. Today, the residents of Withington comprise a mixture of families, university students a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Working Class
The working class (or labouring class) comprises those engaged in manual-labour occupations or industrial work, who are remunerated via waged or salaried contracts. Working-class occupations (see also " Designation of workers by collar colour") include blue-collar jobs, and most pink-collar jobs. Members of the working class rely exclusively upon earnings from wage labour; thus, according to more inclusive definitions, the category can include almost all of the working population of industrialized economies, as well as those employed in the urban areas (cities, towns, villages) of non-industrialized economies or in the rural workforce. Definitions As with many terms describing social class, ''working class'' is defined and used in many different ways. The most general definition, used by many socialists, is that the working class includes all those who have nothing to sell but their labour. These people used to be referred to as the proletariat, but that term has gone out of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Eastmond
Kyle Ovid Eastmond (born 17 July 1989) is a former dual-code rugby international, who played for Bath Rugby and Leicester Tigers. He also played for England on multiple occasions. Eastmond played rugby union for Bath, Wasps and the Leicester Tigers in Premiership Rugby and England at international level. Prior to 2011 he played rugby league for St Helens in the Super League, and played for England at international level. Early life Kyle attended the Parish Church CEVA School, Oldham and the Radclyffe School, Oldham. Eastmond is the cousin of former professional rugby league footballer; Miles Greenwood. Kyle is also related to Sutton United's Craig Eastmond, who is his cousin. He has supported Manchester United since childhood. Rugby League career Early career During high school Kyle Eastmond began his rugby career playing rugby league for Oldham St Annes but in 2007, Kyle Eastmond was promoted to training with the St Helens first team squad. Eastmond had been compar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Hipkiss
Daniel James Hipkiss (born 4 June 1982) is a retired rugby union player who won 13 caps for between 2007–10, including the 2007 Rugby World Cup Final. Hipkiss played 130 times for Leicester Tigers between 2001–11 before moving to Bath prior to retiring in May 2013. Principally an outside centre Hipkiss also played inside centre, and earlier in his career on the wing. Career Early life Born in Ipswich he attended Hartismere School in Eye, Suffolk and played club rugby for Diss Rugby Club before attending Uppingham School, where he was captain of the firsts. He was in Farleigh house. Beginning at Leicester Having overcome a career-threatening injury to his left knee in November 1999, Hipkiss made his first start for the Tigers' U21s against Leeds on 9 November 2001, scoring a try on his debut. He was called into the first team squad for summer training in 2002 and had his Premiership debut away at Leeds that year. Hipkiss was one of five Leicester players called up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Pickering
Dr Craig Keith Pickering (born 16 October 1986, in Crawley, West Sussex) is an English retired sprinter and bobsleigher. As a sprinter, he was based at the Marshall Milton Keynes Athletics Club; however, he also ran for the University of Bath and Newham and Essex Beagles. Following his retirement from professional sport, he became an academic researcher and gained a professional doctorate in sports performance from the University of Central Lancashire. He relocated to Australia in 2015 and currently works as director of performance sustainability at Athletics Australia. Early life Pickering was born in Crawley, West Sussex to parents probation officer Linda Pickering and accountant David Pickering. He has two younger siblings Luke Pickering and Lauren Pickering. Pickering is a former student of the Royal Latin School and got pointed in the sprinting direction by his P.E teacher Adam Izzard. Personal life Pickering married medical doctor Susan Roberts on 7 June 2016. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Make-A-Wish Foundation UK
Make-A-Wish Foundation UK ("Make-A-Wish UK") is a UK-based charity founded in 1986. The charity grants wishes to children and young people fighting life-threatening conditions, and is affiliated to Make-A-Wish Foundation International. History Make-A-Wish UK was founded in 1986, inspired by the story of Chris Greicius – a young boy fighting leukaemia in America. The first wish to be granted in the UK was for Anthony in Liverpool, who wished to meet Disney characters at Disney World in Florida. After four years, the charity had granted 100 wishes. Make-A-Wish UK granted its 10,000th wish in 2015, to a boy called Ben – who wished to be a chef for the day after he was diagnosed with leukaemia when he was 5 years old. In June 2019, Make-A-Wish UK has now granted over 13,000 wishes. Wishes A wish is a special experience for a child or young person fighting a life-threatening condition. Wishes can range from being a princess or being a business owner for the day or meeting a he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
