As the founder and chief executive of a business empire turning over £6m and which includes some of the fastest growing businesses in the UK – MyMag, thebestof, Raring2go! and My Little Wrapper - Nigel Botterill (42), ranked No.37 in the ‘Top 50 UK Entrepreneurs of the Year’, is a classic example of a successful serial entrepreneur.  

MyMag is a community magazine business, which has over 1000 publications in the UK.  Following this success, Nigel set up thebestof, just under 3 years ago. This is, in essence, a national network of local community websites run by local people and has become the fastest growing franchise ever in the UK, with it now approaching 400 franchisees.  Thebestof was also ranked 3rd nationally in last year’s Sunday Times Tech Track 100 announced in September, was voted ‘Best e-Company of the Year’ at the Sharp Edge Awards and just recently the company won ‘Innovative Business of the Year’ at the 2008 Fast Growth Awards.

Raring2go! is another of Nigel’s ventures, which is a quarterly guide to ‘what to do and where to go with your kids’, aimed at the parents of children aged 11 and under. Launched in September 2006, it has attracted over 80 franchisees – and has a circulation exceeding 1.2million.  Nigel’s latest venture, launched in March 2008, is My Little Wrapper, a business opportunity based around creating personalised chocolate wrappers. It already has over 100 people on board and looks set to follow the success of the other brands.