Bog-Standard Business - How I took the plunge and became the Millionaire Plumber
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Bog-Standard Business - How I took the plunge and became the Millionaire Plumber

  1. 204 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Bog-Standard Business - How I took the plunge and became the Millionaire Plumber

About this book

I'm a millionaire plumber. I went from being a North London street urchin to owning London's biggest independent plumbing firm, which I built myself from scratch. We turn over more than ?20 million a year, and we're growing. The country's best plumbers and heating engineers queue up to work for me. We are the plumbers of choice for London's high society - movie stars and celebrities of all kinds. I count David Cameron, George Osborne and Boris Johnson among my friends. How did that happen?In this frank and absorbing memoir, Charlie Mullins describes his meteoric rise from an impoverished childhood in London, to owner of one of the most renowned and respected businesses in the UK - Pimlico Plumbers. He reveals how he survived his tough upbringing, became a parent himself and had to bid a painful farewell to his first passion - boxing.In this honest and moving account, Charlie explains how he worked his way up from apprentice, through sheer hard graft and determination, to conquer the plumbing world - and met a few interesting characters in the process. Larger than life, and full of humour, this is a valuable insight into how to build a business and the courage required to make it a success.

Information

Publisher
John Blake
Year
2015
Topic
Business
eBook ISBN
9781784183981
Subtopic
Business Biographies
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. CONTENTS
  4. FOREWORD BY GRAHAM ROBB
  5. INTRODUCTION: BLANK SLATE
  6. CHAPTER ONE: MUM AND DAD
  7. CHAPTER TWO: GRAFTING
  8. CHAPTER THREE: BILL
  9. CHAPTER FOUR: EXILE
  10. CHAPTER FIVE: SUGAR SNAPS
  11. CHAPTER SIX: THE REAL APPRENTICE
  12. CHAPTER SEVEN: I COULD HAVE BEEN A CONTENDER
  13. CHAPTER EIGHT: PLAN B
  14. CHAPTER NINE: TAKE-OFF
  15. CHAPTER TEN: INTO THE HOLE
  16. CHAPTER ELEVEN: DIGGING IN, AND DIGGING OUT
  17. CHAPTER TWELVE: FINE TUNING
  18. CHAPTER THIRTEEN: SAIL STREET
  19. CHAPTER FOURTEEN: WHY THE STARS LIKE US
  20. CHAPTER FIFTEEN: HOW I GOT FAMOUS
  21. CHAPTER SIXTEEN: BUSTER
  22. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: CHARLIE’S ANGELS
  23. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: TV AND ME
  24. CHAPTER NINETEEN: THE PUBLICITY MACHINE
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY: NOW THAT WE’RE BIG
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: NOW I’M RICH AND FAMOUS
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: PLUMBING TO POLITICS
  28. THE LETTER FROM THE QUEEN THAT I ALMOST DIDN’T OPEN
  29. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  30. Plates
  31. Copyright

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