Pet Project Proves a Winner ; Young Business Person Winner Mark Berriman,27, Managing Director, Viverdi Ltd, South Tyneside

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VIVERDI is an online business selling pet supplies and gift- presentation drinks. In two and a half years, Viverdi has become one of the largest pet suppliers online - indeed the biggest now, Mark Berriman believes.

So big, that Mr Berriman is contemplating a move from his 5,000sqft warehouse and distribution centre in Jarrow to a site six times bigger. The judges announcing him winner said: "He has all the marks of an entrepreneur who will go far in whatever he turns his mind to."

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Pet Project Proves a Winner ; Young Business Person Winner Mark Berriman,27, Managing Director, Viverdi Ltd, South Tyneside

He started the drinks side at 21 and, with his mother, built it within two and a half years to a net profit of pounds 50,000. He left this activity with her to set up the pet side.

With the success of his online Pet Supermarket he bought back Gifts...

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