Bolu Fagborun, whose sporting career saw him represent the Giants and Eagles as well as Batley Bulldogs and Rochdale Hornets in the Noughties, co-founded a firm called Same Day Solutions last year and has been able to expand with the help of a £15,000 loan. The business makes deliveries on behalf of companies and also fulfils contracts with larger courier services like CitySprint and DPD.
There are so many talented Black entrepreneurs out there who might be put off by the lack of available financing, when all they need to grow and succeed is the capital. 'Putting Same Day Solutions in the spotlight will hopefully provide other people with the proof they need that they too can access the finance they need to set up their own business, and to continue to scale and grow it.