Will Keeps Himself in the Picture

Source: Hexham Courant If we can, you can Challenge feature, April 10 2009

You are never too young to start your business. That was the opinion of fourteen year old Will Nicholls, of Haydon Bridge, who had created his own company – Will Nicholls Photography.

Specialising in wildlife photography, Will sold framed and unframed photographs online and in various shops across Tynedale.

Despite having to fit the business around his schooldays at Royal Grammar School, Newcastle, he said that anybody, no matter how young, can become an entrepreneur.

He said, “I think that at any age you can set up your own business and if you have got a good idea you can get on with it.

“If it is something that you can sell in a shop, there is no harm in asking if they will sell it. If not, it is too bad, but someone will sell it so you have to move. You need that ‘never give up attitude’ and to just stick at it.”

Will set up an online shop at http://www.wrnicholls.com/ and sold his photographs at H.Giftworks, in Kirkharle Courtyard, and Herding Hill Rare Breed Bistro and Farm Shop near Haltwhistle. He will also have a display of his work at next month’s Northumberland County Show.

He said that the experience he had already gained will hold him in good stead for a long career in business. “By the time I am older, if I have kept it going, I may hopefully get a reputation which is always good when you have been around for a while and you are trusted.”

Keen in photography, Will created his business to help fund the past- time, and the business has continued to go from strength to strength.

“Photography is quite an expensive hobby so I needed to make some money to support it. People started to like the pictures and the business just sort of expanded itself, and more people started to sell stuff for me.”

To see more of Will’s range, visit http://wrnicholls.com/, and read more about his entrepreneurial journey so far by viewing his profile.

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