Louis Clougher owns Gosforth Elite Valeting (Image: Iain Buist/Newcastle Chronicle)

A young entrepreneur who set up a successful business in his teens is celebrating a year of major milestones and hopes his journey can inspire other young people. Louis Clougher created his own mobile car valeting company, Gosforth Elite Valets, at the age of 19 while studying Business Management at Northumbria University .

Before graduating with a First earlier this year, Louis already had two years in business under his belt. And now he is valeting cars for huge clients, including Enterprise and David Lloyd.

In the last year he has also been able to hire a full time employee and purchase two fully-branded company vans.

The 21-year-old, from Gosforth, said: "Things are going really well. We've ma

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