Sole Owner of NKD Clothing Gill Eastgate was awarded the Junior Chamber International Creative Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in July 2009 and is listed in the Who’s Who of Britain’s Business Elite. Gill’s proactive approach to moving the business forward has seen NKD grow from a one person team and £150,000 turnover to a £1.3m business making profit every year.

Gill will tell you she fell into owning her own business, but the truth is she identified a gap in the  corporate clothing market and in the years following a small management buyout in 2005 Gill single-handedly  established NKD Clothing as one of the UK's leading designers and suppliers of staff outfits. 

The fact that Gill has a keen eye for design goes without saying, but outside of the office this extends to architecture, interior furnishings and gardening.

Top Business Tips

1. Go with gut instinct – it’s usually right and if it goes wrong believe in your ability to make it right again!
2. Employ the right people - You don’t need to be able to do a role as well as your team member does – that’s what you pay them for
3. Network, network, network!!!
   

Favourite Books

1. Running your own Business – Kevin Duncan
2. The Rules of Management – Richard Templar
3. Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to do About It – Michael E Gerber