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13-Year-Old Schoolboy Creates One of the Fastest-Growing Businesses in UK

It’s the simple things, always the simple things. Sure, that line regularly applies to questions like what the purpose of life is, and not to how making business work. Yet this 13-year-old schoolboy from Somerset proved that a natural solution could actually come in handy for UK motorists. His service targets drivers who often forget about the expiration date of their vehicle’s taxes and the yearly Ministry of Transport test (MOT).
Harvey Millington 1 photo
Photo: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk
We may have different sides when it comes to driving on the street, but as to what a car costs things are slightly similar for both the UK and the US. Heck, it’s mainly the same system in most of the countries. It’s what it is - you own a car you pay for it. Taxes, maintenance, vehicle safety and other issues of such are all part of every driver’s life.

Us, petrolheads we know about these things and generally remember to pay all the contributions. The 21st century is a damn busy one, we’re always in a rush, we always lack spare time.

And here’s where this young entrepreneur came to fill in the gaps. One day, Harvey Millington asked his dad why there was no paper disc in the windscreen of his dad’s car anymore. He also wondered why there’s no disc announcing the date when the MOT expires.

I said, well who’s going to make one? And Harvey said: ‘I’ll do it,” the 13-year-old schoolboy’s dad told This Is Money. Next thing you know, he lends him £2,000 ($3,132) and the kid starts his own business. According to the source, his small, but promising biz is now one of the fastest-growing in the UK.

In just one day, he sold over 1,000 discs. He’s had around 3,000 orders in total, although it changes every day; it just goes up and up. And the business has only been going for six or seven weeks,” added his father.

And here we were, bragging things get too digital these days, that it feels like everything is artificial.
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