0:00:20 > 0:00:24This wee country of ours has been at the forefront of some of the world's
0:00:24 > 0:00:26most ground-breaking innovations -
0:00:26 > 0:00:29the pneumatic tyre, the ejector seat,
0:00:29 > 0:00:33the portable defibrillator and even milk of magnesia were all made
0:00:33 > 0:00:35in Northern Ireland.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37But that was then, and this is now.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39We've a whole new breed of entrepreneurs
0:00:39 > 0:00:41from all over Northern Ireland,
0:00:41 > 0:00:46in fields in Fermanagh, sheds in Newtownards and workshops in Lurgan.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51In this series, we hope to showcase some of the best business minds in
0:00:51 > 0:00:55Northern Ireland. Now, do they have what it takes to change the world?
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Each week, I'm going to travel
0:01:01 > 0:01:04the length and breadth of the country, meeting them.
0:01:04 > 0:01:05Good to see you.
0:01:05 > 0:01:06£10 for a selfie, love.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09'And learning more about their creations.'
0:01:09 > 0:01:11I feel like I'm swaying back and forwards, but I'm not.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13I know exactly what's going to be happening at home,
0:01:13 > 0:01:17there will be one person sitting on the sofa loving an idea, and someone
0:01:17 > 0:01:19else, "It's never going to work."
0:01:19 > 0:01:20So we're going to actually bring in
0:01:20 > 0:01:23a people's panel every week to do just that.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27Ordinary people, looking at these new creations in Northern Ireland
0:01:27 > 0:01:29and trying to work out whether they like them or not.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Can you remember what you were doing when you were 16 years of age?
0:01:34 > 0:01:36I was working in a petrol station, actually.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40This next guy, Stephen Henderson, he's light years ahead
0:01:40 > 0:01:41of where I was.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45He's exporting across Europe. Can you believe that?
0:01:45 > 0:01:48He's come up with an addition to the cajon.
0:01:48 > 0:01:49Apparently it's some type of drum.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51He's doing all right as well.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57I've come to Stephen's workshop in
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Kilkeel to see this customised cajon
0:02:00 > 0:02:03in action with local band, Cavalier.
0:02:05 > 0:02:10The cajon is a 19th-century box drum originating in Peru,
0:02:10 > 0:02:12but Stephen's light-bulb moment was
0:02:12 > 0:02:15to add a kick pedal to the traditional instrument,
0:02:15 > 0:02:17and almost five years on,
0:02:17 > 0:02:21his company, Ruach, are making these drums here, by hand,
0:02:21 > 0:02:24for worldwide export.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28You look very young to be an entrepreneur.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31- How old are you?- I'm 21 years old.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34- And what have you created? - I've created a drum kit in a box.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36I've went ahead and implemented a kick pedal,
0:02:36 > 0:02:40allowing users really to become more creative with their playing.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Why couldn't I put four bits of wood together and it's a box?
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Well, this one actually here is one of our new models.
0:02:45 > 0:02:46It is called the street cajon.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50Really more suited for outdoor use, so as out here we can actually
0:02:50 > 0:02:51hear the bass resonate more,
0:02:51 > 0:02:54whereas this front-facing power port gives it that extra
0:02:54 > 0:02:55drive of a bass forward
0:02:55 > 0:02:58and allows the front face to really resonate more as well.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00So it's much more than a box?
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Yeah, it is much more than a box, yeah.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09How did you get the idea?
0:03:09 > 0:03:12I went around my friend's house for a jamming session, and he told me
0:03:12 > 0:03:13he had this new drum.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15So I walked into his room expecting to see this big,
0:03:15 > 0:03:17shiny new kit, but instead I found this box in the corner,
0:03:17 > 0:03:20and I couldn't believe the sound it produced.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22So I went home, and I really, really wanted to buy one,
0:03:22 > 0:03:24but I had only £60 to my name.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27And I decide then to go into my local hardware store,
0:03:27 > 0:03:30purchase the materials I needed to manufacture one,
0:03:30 > 0:03:33and it actually sounded better than my friend's model.
0:03:33 > 0:03:34And so I had material left
0:03:34 > 0:03:38to build another five and decided to advertise those online, but very,
0:03:38 > 0:03:42very quickly after I launched those first five online, guys were coming,
0:03:42 > 0:03:45asking me to introduce this bass pedal on the inside.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48If two or three guys independently are coming to me asking me for this
0:03:48 > 0:03:51feature and me to introduce this, and nobody in the market's doing it,
0:03:51 > 0:03:53there's obviously an opportunity there.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57So I persevered and the rest is history.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01# Just follow me down, yeah... #
0:04:04 > 0:04:07So you sit on it and operate it with your heel.
0:04:09 > 0:04:10So that leaves your hands free.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Yeah, it means you can introduce
0:04:12 > 0:04:14more fills, be more creative and it truly is, then,
0:04:14 > 0:04:16a drum kit in a box.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20- Created here in Kilkeel. - Created here in Kilkeel.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Stephen, you still live with your
0:04:24 > 0:04:27- mum and dad...- I do, yeah.- ..so you're living in your bedroom.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31- Yeah.- And from a kid in his bedroom, a little garage here,
0:04:31 > 0:04:36this contraption is being sold around the world, right?
0:04:36 > 0:04:41It is, yeah. We're exporting to America, Canada, Germany, France.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43I think that's fantastic.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- Yeah.- There's just something about, we talk young people down
0:04:45 > 0:04:48in this country, and we say, "Wasters," and all,
0:04:48 > 0:04:50"they'll be out getting drunk and they'll be doing this
0:04:50 > 0:04:54"and doing that and sleeping in their bed all day."
0:04:54 > 0:04:56We don't hear these type of stories too often.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59No, I know it. It's good.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03We actually shipped out, just before you arrived, three units to America,
0:05:03 > 0:05:04Canada and then also France,
0:05:04 > 0:05:08and they were sold just the previous night.
0:05:08 > 0:05:13With his drums selling for £80 to £280 a pop,
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Stephen reckons his business is booming,
0:05:15 > 0:05:20but do you have the cojones to want to get out there and do the same?
0:05:22 > 0:05:24- I think that's good.- Yeah.
0:05:24 > 0:05:25- I like that.- I agree, it is good.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28He could go crazy with, like, the designs.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31In South Africa there is bongo drums and the way they paint them,
0:05:31 > 0:05:33they are all colourful.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Some of them are hippie and some of them are Rasta colours.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38He could go crazy with the design.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39I think it's a great idea.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41I wouldn't know too much about the music world,
0:05:41 > 0:05:43but if people are willing to buy those
0:05:43 > 0:05:45and they are a local product as well...
0:05:45 > 0:05:48I have seen one of those with a pedal on it.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52I'm not sure he's creating something that's not already there.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Or maybe the people put the pedal on their own,
0:05:54 > 0:05:56and he's just making them available to sell.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58I think it is fantastic that he is
0:05:58 > 0:06:00so young and so enthusiastic about it.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Made in South Armagh, Cullyhanna,
0:06:06 > 0:06:10Siofra Caherty was inspired by her time in California,
0:06:10 > 0:06:11but she didn't stay there, you see,
0:06:11 > 0:06:15because part of what gets her up in the morning is Northern Ireland.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17She loves this place and, therefore,
0:06:17 > 0:06:19she wants to run her business from here.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Let's see what she has come up with.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26My name is Siofra Caherty
0:06:26 > 0:06:29and I'm from County Armagh and today I'm telling you
0:06:29 > 0:06:32about my brand, Jump The Hedges.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34What Siofra has actually come up with
0:06:34 > 0:06:36is a new type of bag so that it can
0:06:36 > 0:06:40carry a yoga mat, vertically, outside the bag itself,
0:06:40 > 0:06:43and it therefore leaves the space inside the bag free
0:06:43 > 0:06:47and keeps innocent bystanders out of harm's way.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49I have to confess I'm more into
0:06:49 > 0:06:53yoghurts than yoga, so it is an idea I'm not too familiar with!
0:06:53 > 0:06:56But when Siofra decided to move back home to Northern Ireland,
0:06:56 > 0:06:58she quit her job as a product designer with Adidas
0:06:58 > 0:07:01to go all-in on her current business idea,
0:07:01 > 0:07:04so I do hope she can help enlighten me.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Now, Siofra, I know you might think I'm a fine specimen of a man.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you too, Stephen.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11- Are we going to do a bit of yoga? - We are.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Maybe we'll start off with a few more simple moves, will we, Stephen?
0:07:14 > 0:07:16This is called the Hulk. Right.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18So you stand with your feet,
0:07:18 > 0:07:20the width of your mat down on your knees.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22I'm not squatting.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23And just tighten everything up.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Tighten everything up and look fierce.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Yeah, good man. That's the job.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Squatting!
0:07:32 > 0:07:33Are you visiting?
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Look, the tourists are papping me.
0:07:36 > 0:07:37Paparazzi!
0:07:39 > 0:07:41£10 for a selfie, love!
0:07:46 > 0:07:49They can see the yogi in you.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52This one's the Champion. Arms up.
0:07:52 > 0:07:53Tighten that pelvic floor.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Pelvic floor, what's that, your bum?
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- Near your bum! - Is that near your coccyx?
0:07:59 > 0:08:01- That locality.- Tightening my coccyx!
0:08:01 > 0:08:03- That's the job!- Lovely.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Lovely. OK, and that's yoga, is it?
0:08:09 > 0:08:11I'm not convinced about all of this.
0:08:11 > 0:08:12I need a lie down!
0:08:15 > 0:08:17So what's your idea, Siofra?
0:08:17 > 0:08:20So I was living in San Francisco,
0:08:20 > 0:08:22I was working as a designer a couple of years ago,
0:08:22 > 0:08:24and I started doing yoga
0:08:24 > 0:08:27and I noticed it was really difficult to carry
0:08:27 > 0:08:28my yoga mat to class.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Because other bags are not tall enough to carry them,
0:08:31 > 0:08:32is that it, or what?
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Not tall enough and also they carry the mat in a horizontal way, and you
0:08:35 > 0:08:36potentially hit people, so, like,
0:08:36 > 0:08:39I've knocked cups of coffee out of people's hands.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41All this kind of embarrassing stuff.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43And I thought there had to be a better way, so that's why I felt
0:08:43 > 0:08:45so impassioned to leave my job in
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Adidas because I felt like this is such a good idea.
0:08:48 > 0:08:49I need to do this now before
0:08:49 > 0:08:51someone else jumps in there before me.
0:08:51 > 0:08:52Explain the design for me, then.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54It is quite a simple roll-top technique,
0:08:54 > 0:08:56what you'd see like in sailing equipment.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58That keeps the mat securely in place at the top,
0:08:58 > 0:09:01and then there's a lower base pocket.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03The bag is ultrasonically welded so that
0:09:03 > 0:09:06it's totally waterproof as well.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09They are made in a small factory in Antrim.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- In Antrim?- So you're keeping the manufacturing here.
0:09:12 > 0:09:13Keeping it local.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Working for the bigger companies, everything is made in China,
0:09:15 > 0:09:18and it's very soul destroying and depressing
0:09:18 > 0:09:19just e-mailing China every day.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23That's why I came home, was to try to make something here.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25It is a big thing, Siofra, to leave a job
0:09:25 > 0:09:28in the likes of a company like Adidas.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32But the yoga industry is worth 80 billion,
0:09:32 > 0:09:34and I want to be part of that, so why not?
0:09:34 > 0:09:36How much would it be?
0:09:36 > 0:09:38It retails at £125 sterling.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40That is quite expensive for a bag, isn't it?
0:09:40 > 0:09:41It depends how you look at it.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43If you're going to buy a Nike or Adidas bag,
0:09:43 > 0:09:45which a million other people have,
0:09:45 > 0:09:47you're talking maybe £60 sterling.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49When you look at it like that, you're only a handful of people that
0:09:49 > 0:09:53have the bags, and they're totally unique to the market.
0:09:53 > 0:09:54This is made from recycled
0:09:54 > 0:09:56banner material that I got from Antrim Council.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59It's eco-friendly, it's sustainable
0:09:59 > 0:10:01and it's a very durable fabric.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02You know your stuff, don't you?
0:10:02 > 0:10:05- A wee bit, yeah.- Good luck with it.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Thanks very much. Apologies, Stephen,
0:10:07 > 0:10:09but those yoga moves I was making you do earlier,
0:10:09 > 0:10:11they were completely nonsense!
0:10:11 > 0:10:13So don't let that put you off going to a yoga class.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15- That wasn't yoga? - No, that wasn't real yoga.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17I'm sorry, Stephen, we were just having a bit of craic!
0:10:17 > 0:10:20So you got me to do all that and that was not yoga?
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- That wasn't yoga. - Stuff your product up your...
0:10:26 > 0:10:27Ah, you'll be all right!
0:10:29 > 0:10:32I never knew that yoga practitioners were so attached to their mat!
0:10:32 > 0:10:35THEY LAUGH
0:10:35 > 0:10:37- Would you buy it? - It is quite practical, isn't it?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39It is good thinking, it is good logic,
0:10:39 > 0:10:41like, carrying it in a normal backpack,
0:10:41 > 0:10:44it goes sideways, you can knock into people.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46It makes sense that you kind of want to keep it...
0:10:46 > 0:10:50Once you get the volumes, you need to get them done really cheaply.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52I just think £125 is just really
0:10:52 > 0:10:55going to put a lot of people out of the market.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58You could make loads of bags out of flags or something like that!
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Flags or flegs? That's a very good idea.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Choose your bag to correspond with with your flag.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07I think she should sell the idea to
0:11:07 > 0:11:09a big company and then she should look
0:11:09 > 0:11:13at a follow-on product, maybe a bag for carrying your hula-hoop!
0:11:13 > 0:11:17THEY LAUGH
0:11:25 > 0:11:29Our next idea, well, it is really, really important.
0:11:29 > 0:11:30I admire this guy because he's
0:11:30 > 0:11:32trying to change the world for the better,
0:11:32 > 0:11:36and he's targeting children and trying to improve their lives.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Have a look at this. It's clever.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42My name is Vincent Connolly.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44I'm the co-founder of Take Ten Limited,
0:11:44 > 0:11:48developed to de-mystify and simplify the process of managing stress.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50MUSIC: Take Five by Paul Desmond
0:11:50 > 0:11:55The Take Ten philosophy is that a calm mind and body will be the most
0:11:55 > 0:11:59receptive to learning, and at schools up and down the country,
0:11:59 > 0:12:02they're putting these principles into practice.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Boys and girls, who can put their hand up and tell me what's next
0:12:04 > 0:12:07in our timetable for today?
0:12:07 > 0:12:10- Take Ten.- Excellent, We're going to do little bit of Take Ten.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Take Ten will be a really vital part of our day in primary three.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17We start every morning with Take Ten,
0:12:17 > 0:12:19we end most afternoons with Take Ten.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23It gives the children a chance to use their imagination
0:12:23 > 0:12:26and control their emotions, recognise emotions and helps
0:12:26 > 0:12:29them to settle themselves for the day ahead of them.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Take Ten encourages children to concentrate on their breathing
0:12:32 > 0:12:35and through short, meditative exercises,
0:12:35 > 0:12:39seeks to help them maintain a relaxed state of mind
0:12:39 > 0:12:41throughout the school day.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44But Take Ten has developed a product that they claim can monitor stress
0:12:44 > 0:12:47levels and induce calmness.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50So I'm off to the E3 building at Belfast Met
0:12:50 > 0:12:53to meet with company founder Fintan Connolly,
0:12:53 > 0:12:57and with the day I've had, this better work for adults, too.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59I'm genuinely so stressed today.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01The BBC's done my head in.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03HE SIGHS
0:13:03 > 0:13:06And now I'm going to meet a man who's going to measure my stress.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08- Hello there. - Stephen, how are you?
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Nice to see you. Good to see you. So what have you created?
0:13:11 > 0:13:15What we have here is an app to teach you how to manage stress
0:13:15 > 0:13:17- and anxiety. - I am stressed to the hilt today.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Seriously stressed to the hilt today.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22- So let's see what this can do. - Let's have a look.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24I'm going to clip this onto your earlobe.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27It's going to take your pulse and then it's going to convert your pulse to heart rhythms.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30That's going to give you a very good indication of how you're feeling.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33So it's your heart rhythms that give you an indication, rather...
0:13:33 > 0:13:35- Heart rhythms. - ..than your normal pulse rate?
0:13:35 > 0:13:36The time between each successive heartbeat,
0:13:36 > 0:13:39that's a very good indicator of how well you deal with stress.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41It's also a very good indicator of your emotions.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44You can see at the minute, you've gone straight into the red zone.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47That means that your heart rhythms are very erratic,
0:13:47 > 0:13:50- which means that you're... - I'm dead.- ..feeling under pressure.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Well, we can call an ambulance in a minute, once we get you
0:13:53 > 0:13:55- through this first bit, OK? - OK.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Now, do you see what happened the moment I said to you,
0:13:57 > 0:13:59"We can call an ambulance"?
0:13:59 > 0:14:01- Do you see how your heart rate surged?- Yes.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04- Do you see that?- Do you see how quickly your body responded to the mention of an ambulance?
0:14:04 > 0:14:07What I want you to do is focus on your breathing and what you're
0:14:07 > 0:14:10going to do is change your breathing pattern to slow everything right down.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- I'm going to close my eyes when I do this, because I'll just relax.- OK.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16And just focus on your breath, slowly and gently.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18And what will happen is, as you start to change
0:14:18 > 0:14:21your breathing patterns, you start to change your heart rhythm
0:14:21 > 0:14:24patterns, and straight away, we're starting to move into that green zone.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Everything was starting to light up green.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28What we're trying to do is to get the heart,
0:14:28 > 0:14:31lungs and brain all lighting up in the green zone,
0:14:31 > 0:14:34because what that means is that physiologically, you're nice
0:14:34 > 0:14:37and calm, but also means cognitively, you're more aware.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41For me, simply focusing on my breathing
0:14:41 > 0:14:45has had an immediate impact and Take Ten have developed
0:14:45 > 0:14:48a number of games based around this principle.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52These games will only work whenever the child is calm.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55So, for example, if I put you on what's called the Jungle Game,
0:14:55 > 0:14:58what you'll see, first of all, is a jungle scene.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00In order for us to get to the animals to come out of the jungle,
0:15:00 > 0:15:02you need to be in the right zone.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06So this picture will respond to what's going on in your body.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09In order for anything to happen, you need to be calm and focused.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12So what we're doing is teaching kids self-management,
0:15:12 > 0:15:15self-control and focus, and patience as well.
0:15:18 > 0:15:23Take Ten keeps me calm, and when I'm cross,
0:15:23 > 0:15:28I will go and think of Take Ten and go to my safe place.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36If you can be teaching at such a young age
0:15:36 > 0:15:40how to control themselves, if they so desire,
0:15:40 > 0:15:43calm themselves down, that's extraordinary.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45You've got kids arriving into school who are worried
0:15:45 > 0:15:49about what was happening at home. Maybe there's family breakdown,
0:15:49 > 0:15:52maybe there's substance abuse at home or domestic abuse.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54Maybe those kids are worried about learning,
0:15:54 > 0:15:56maybe they're worried about bullying.
0:15:56 > 0:15:57So those kids are arriving into school
0:15:57 > 0:16:00emotionally and physiologically in an unsettled state.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02So if we can teach them at that state,
0:16:02 > 0:16:05first thing in the morning to get into the zone,
0:16:05 > 0:16:07it means that, cognitively, they're more aware,
0:16:07 > 0:16:09and they learn more effectively,
0:16:09 > 0:16:11so they're ready to learn, physiologically and emotionally.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15How many schools is this in, in Northern Ireland?
0:16:15 > 0:16:18In Northern Ireland, nearly 100 schools, in Northern Ireland.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20- That's good.- It is good.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24We were on the Invest NI Tech Mission to Silicon Valley.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26The Americans were really impressed.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29They said they hadn't seen anything like it in their education system
0:16:29 > 0:16:31and we hope to do some pilot studies in 2017.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33What's your dream? Do you think this could be used
0:16:33 > 0:16:36- throughout the world, or is that going too far?- Our dream
0:16:36 > 0:16:38and our mission is to get it in every school,
0:16:38 > 0:16:41every workplace, and maybe every phone.
0:16:41 > 0:16:42- Good luck with it.- Thank you.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48The name of it, Take Ten, it's very appealing, isn't it?
0:16:48 > 0:16:50I think some people will use it.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52So many parents right now just give their kids, you know,
0:16:52 > 0:16:56a... What do you call this? Nintendo games for travelling
0:16:56 > 0:17:01and things like that, so kids are, you know, always on screens.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04My concern is that you are giving them more screens
0:17:04 > 0:17:08to help and the whole thing should be about getting up off your chair
0:17:08 > 0:17:09and going outside.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13They're becoming very dependant on screens and it's worrying, actually.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16I'd much prefer the idea of teaching children
0:17:16 > 0:17:18how to deal with stress.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Pouring a gin and tonic's a good way of getting rid of stress!
0:17:21 > 0:17:23"You look at that screen while I pour a gin and tonic."
0:17:28 > 0:17:31We admire the entrepreneurs who will be in this series so much because
0:17:31 > 0:17:34they've taken the time, they've had the patience and the resilience
0:17:34 > 0:17:38to turn their thought into something that is going to be sold,
0:17:38 > 0:17:41not just in Northern Ireland, but throughout the world.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44Having said that, how much time does it take
0:17:44 > 0:17:49someone who's a wacky, mad entrepreneur like our man,
0:17:49 > 0:17:53Paddy Bloomer, and how much time did it take him to come up with this?
0:17:55 > 0:17:58# Ha-ha-ha, madman blues!
0:18:07 > 0:18:09# I got home last night, about nine o'clock
0:18:09 > 0:18:11# I had the madman blues... #
0:18:18 > 0:18:19Everyone likes a tandem,
0:18:19 > 0:18:24and people have very romantic notions about tandem bicycles.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Now, it only takes you to have a very small amount
0:18:27 > 0:18:32of tandeming experience to realise that the face to bum proximity
0:18:32 > 0:18:35can be a very unromantic experience.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39Flatulence and the tandem bicycle are incompatible.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43So I took a look at the tandem and did a bit of a reshuffle
0:18:43 > 0:18:45and managed to come up with this.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47It is a semi-recumbent tandem.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50With this bicycle, romance is once again possible,
0:18:50 > 0:18:54now that we've alleviated the... you know, the farting problem!
0:18:55 > 0:18:59It's several different bicycles cobbled together beyond recognition.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01So, the BMX fork at the front,
0:19:01 > 0:19:03you're steering from an upright position and you've got
0:19:03 > 0:19:05a quite a good view over the stoker's head.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08And flatulence - sure, you'd hardly even notice!
0:19:08 > 0:19:11# Summer breeze
0:19:11 > 0:19:14# Makes me feel fine
0:19:14 > 0:19:20# Blowing through the jasmine in my mind... #
0:19:30 > 0:19:33We are doing our very best to travel right throughout Northern Ireland
0:19:33 > 0:19:37and bring you some of the new ideas that budding entrepreneurs
0:19:37 > 0:19:39are coming up with,
0:19:39 > 0:19:42but once a week, we also want to focus on an established business.
0:19:42 > 0:19:47Now, you'll have heard of McLaren, Lotus, Ferrari,
0:19:47 > 0:19:51but have you heard of Crossle Cars?
0:19:51 > 0:19:57Established 60 years ago, they are respected throughout the world.
0:19:57 > 0:20:04Made in Holywood, County Down, and driven by major Hollywood stars.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11These cars are built for a specific purpose.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13They don't have air conditioning or leather seats
0:20:13 > 0:20:17or all the other baggage that weighs down road cars.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Racing cars are built for one specific purpose -
0:20:19 > 0:20:21and that's to win races. So, they're very light.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24There is no comfort of any kind and, because they are so light,
0:20:24 > 0:20:28even a modest amount of power is enough to put them round
0:20:28 > 0:20:29the circuit at some speed.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33ENGINES ROAR
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Exciting doesn't begin to describe it.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45The adrenaline rush that you get between the lights coming on
0:20:45 > 0:20:48at the start of a race and the completion of the first lap,
0:20:48 > 0:20:50has to be experienced to be believed.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56The Crossle Car Company claim to be the world's longest-established
0:20:56 > 0:21:00constructor of racing cars and, though Crossle enthusiast
0:21:00 > 0:21:02Paul McMorran took control in 2012,
0:21:02 > 0:21:06he has kept true to the ethos of the company founder, John Crossle.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13They export across the globe and all Crossle cars are still manufactured
0:21:13 > 0:21:16here, by hand, in the very same building
0:21:16 > 0:21:21they started out from, back in 1957.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25The factory that we have here, it is unique in the world.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29This is the only racing car manufacturer from the 1960s,
0:21:29 > 0:21:33from the heady days of Ferrari and Lotus and many other famous names,
0:21:33 > 0:21:36to be still in business and, certainly, to be still operating
0:21:36 > 0:21:39from the original factory. So, that is unique.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43We are passing on skills that used to be very common
0:21:43 > 0:21:47in Northern Ireland. Welding and constructing things with your hands
0:21:47 > 0:21:49was what we were good at in the days of the Titanic and since,
0:21:49 > 0:21:52but those skills are not as fashionable as they used to be.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55We are in the business of conserving those and trying to build them
0:21:55 > 0:21:57and carry them forward into the next generation.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01It is an international brand.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Crossle is well-known among the racing fraternity,
0:22:04 > 0:22:08but the general public, for the most part, haven't heard of it.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Then, you have film stars, people like Tom Cruise have driven them
0:22:11 > 0:22:14and others. I think Stallone was filmed in one, one time,
0:22:14 > 0:22:18and Nigel Mansell won his first major championship in a Crossle 32F.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22Eddie Irvine started his career in a Crossle and there are many others.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27My plan is to rejuvenate the company and to grow it
0:22:27 > 0:22:30and to make it a force, in the way that it has been in the past.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35For me, it is a responsibility, as well as an opportunity,
0:22:35 > 0:22:37to keep that heritage going.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52I know when you look at me on television,
0:22:52 > 0:22:54you can see the amount of time and effort
0:22:54 > 0:22:57I put into my personal appearance.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Suits that don't quite go over the belly.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04The skin well-shaved and the hair well-groomed,
0:23:04 > 0:23:06I really do make an effort.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09This mother of two, Emma Walsh, has come up with a novel idea,
0:23:09 > 0:23:14for those of you who, unlike me, don't have time for grooming.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21Emma worked full-time as a hairdresser for 20 years,
0:23:21 > 0:23:25but when her two children were born, she soon found working in the salon
0:23:25 > 0:23:27left little time for family life.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32So, just last year, she gave her old job the chop
0:23:32 > 0:23:35to chase a dream that might just give her the flexibility she needs,
0:23:35 > 0:23:38but still doing the job she has always loved.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41And if all goes to plan, she can, hopefully, make things
0:23:41 > 0:23:44more convenient for the rest of us, as well.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48- Emma, cut all the white hair out! - I will do my very best, Stephen.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51I can't believe how grey I... I wasn't grey
0:23:51 > 0:23:55before I went into the BBC. Those suits at the top of the BBC,
0:23:55 > 0:23:57all the worry they give me.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59- All the stress.- Unbelievable.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Honestly. All they do is, "Stephen, can you do this?
0:24:02 > 0:24:05"Stephen, we have a problem with..."
0:24:05 > 0:24:06- It drives me insane.- It is not fair.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09What an idea. I have never seen this before.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12- Where did it come from, this idea? - I am a mum of two kids.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16They are young, four and five, and I guess I wanted to be a bit
0:24:16 > 0:24:20more available, as a parent. I love travel. I love festivals.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24Just love meeting people. So, the idea of popping up
0:24:24 > 0:24:28in different areas, I guess, sounded good to me.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31I started thinking, what could I do that didn't have me tied down
0:24:31 > 0:24:34- to a shop?- I want a wee purple tint, by the way.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38- Purple? Not pink?- No. Yes, pink is my favourite colour.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39- A wee pink tint.- We'll go pink.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42I started researching and seen a couple of guys had done it
0:24:42 > 0:24:44- over in America.- Yeah.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48Someone over in England, they had used a transit van.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51I had sort of thought, something a little bit bigger.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54And then, of course, you need to make it happen.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57- So, you need to buy a van. - Mm-hm.- It must be expensive?
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Yes, it was expensive. This was a school library bus.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03So, yes, it was very different when we bought it.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Who did it all up for you?
0:25:05 > 0:25:07- My partner is a very talented carpenter.- Right.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11So...I was very lucky.
0:25:11 > 0:25:16Emma and her partner spent an entire summer, and all their life savings,
0:25:16 > 0:25:22turning this school library bus into the barbering beauty it is today.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25But building a base of loyal customers is vital
0:25:25 > 0:25:29to the success of any business and I wanted to find out how Emma
0:25:29 > 0:25:33hopes to achieve this, when her saloon is constantly on the move.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37I have set locations. They are all featured on my website
0:25:37 > 0:25:39and I go back to these locations once a week.
0:25:39 > 0:25:45I cater for weddings, different functions, corporate events.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46I have been in business parks.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48So you're meeting a wide range of people.
0:25:48 > 0:25:54So would you be interested in trying to expand this and having buses
0:25:54 > 0:25:56- throughout Northern Ireland? - A fleet of buses?- Aye.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59The dream is, yes, a fleet would be nice.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02But, yes, I'm starting small and dreaming big.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04How is it working out for a working mum?
0:26:04 > 0:26:07Busy. Not as much time as I thought I would have, initially.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12I have two girls. Great girls. Very supportive of Mummy
0:26:12 > 0:26:16and her new business. So, yeah, it is a juggling act.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20Definitely a juggling act. It is hard work, but enjoyable.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22- Is it scary?- Terrifying.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Being a mum and starting a new business,
0:26:25 > 0:26:27you've got the hallmarking inside of it.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29You've got to build the business. There is a lot...
0:26:29 > 0:26:33There is a lot to do. So yeah, it is...it is slightly overwhelming
0:26:33 > 0:26:35at times.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38- I think you're lovely.- Ha-ha! - I really, really do.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41- I wish you all the best. - Thank you very much.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46I know what you're all thinking at home, now I've got my haircut.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49You really think I'm sexy, don't you? I know it.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53You look like Louis Walsh.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03- I do know people that use that hair bus.- She is just lovely.
0:27:03 > 0:27:09She is a quintessential hairdresser. She chats endlessly and that was my
0:27:09 > 0:27:13- first job ever, a hairdresser. - I could actually see you...
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Outside work hours, I would pile everything on the back of my bike
0:27:17 > 0:27:21and cycle to someone's house, to do their hair.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23So, this is brilliant.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26- She is not paying anyone rent. - But she will have paid for that,
0:27:26 > 0:27:28or be paying back for it.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31But, like, you pay for the van and then you're finished.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33It's like, you're finished and you own it,
0:27:33 > 0:27:35whereas rent, you're constantly paying out.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38- Yeah.- And think of the tourists, as well, walking around
0:27:38 > 0:27:41and thinking, "I might as well get my hair washed."
0:27:41 > 0:27:45That's true. You're more inclined to walk into that, as a tourist,
0:27:45 > 0:27:49- Absolutely.- ..than you are to go into a salon and ask for an appointment.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51I would go to her, to do my hair.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57If you think about it, on tonight's programme we have had an idea
0:27:57 > 0:28:00from a young man about a drum, to a mum who wanted more flexibility
0:28:00 > 0:28:06around her children, so she designed a business to help her achieve that.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Now, what do you want to achieve?
0:28:08 > 0:28:11And what's your idea? Because my message to you -
0:28:11 > 0:28:14you ARE good enough. Don't think you're not.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16If your idea is good enough, then you CAN make it.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19So, make it in Northern Ireland.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21And make it soon.