A young man in the British equivalent of Secondary School is in trouble with the powers that be at his school for starting his own business and pulling in over 14k - sterling!

Tommie Rose, who is 15, was selling sweets and drinks to his mates on the playground, with the business getting so big that he had to employ two of his pals to work for him - for 5.50 a day.

Tommie started three years ago, he says, having been inspired by TV shows like Dragon’s Den and The Apprentice.

He was suspended from one school for his endeavors, so took his education and his business elsewhere in order to pay for university. He wants to do a business degree in Oxford or Cambridge. 

His father, Gary told the Manchester Evening News, “He’s a typical teenage boy who saw what he wanted and worked hard for it. He realised that if you want to get ahead in business and in life, you have to start at a young age. At first we thought we should stop him selling the sweets, but then we saw that he was doing it properly, legally and sensibly so we left it to see what would happen. I could only dream of making that sort of money at his age."

His principal disagrees saying,“We admire this pupil’s entrepreneurship but school is not the place to set-up a black market of fizzy drinks, sweets and chocolates. We have extremely high standards and with our healthy eating policy we don’t allow isotonic drinks, fizzy drinks and large amounts of sweets for the good of our children."

What if he just started adding fruit as an option? Just sayin! 

Main pic via BBC