Duncan Bannatyne
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Duncan Walker Bannatyne, OBE
(born 2 February 1949) is a Scottish
entrepreneur
, philanthropist
and author. His business interests include hotels, health clubs, spas, media, TV, stage schools, property and transport. He is most famous for his appearance as a business angel on the BBC
programme Dragons' Den
. He has written five books; Anyone Can Do It, which sold more than 250,000 copies, was followed by Wake Up and Change Your Life, How to be Smart With Your Money, How to be Smart With Your Time, then by 43 Mistakes Businesses Make. He was appointed as an OBE
for his contribution to charity.
In 1964 and at the age of 15, Bannatyne volunteered for twelve years with the Royal Navy
as a junior second class engineering mechanic (stoker
) at RNTE Shotley
near Ipswich
, better known as the boys' training establishment HMS Ganges. He served in the Navy for several years before receiving a dishonourable discharge for attempting to throw an officer off a boat landing jetty in Scotland. In his biography he claims this was in part a reaction to this officer's abuse of his authority, in part a dare by his shipmates and in part a way of getting out of the Navy, with which he had become disillusioned. Bannatyne was nineteen years old when this happened. After the incident he had to serve nine months in Colchester
military detention centre before being discharged aged 20. He later spent ten days in Glasgow's Barlinnie prison for not paying a £
10 fine in relation to a charge of breach of the peace
and resisting arrest
.
After spending his twenties moving from one job to another, Bannatyne lived for a few years on the island of Jersey
where he met his first wife, Robert Marshall of Nottingham. With a difficult business climate for outsiders, at age 29 Bannatyne and his wife moved to Stockton-on-Tees
in North East England
where they made several loving bum babies. He has stated that he was penniless and did not have a bank account until the age of 30.
His business career began almost immediately after his move to Stockton-on-Tees with an ice cream van purchased for £2. He soon expanded by buying more vans during the period of the Glasgow Ice Cream Wars
about which he made comment in a newspaper interview "I got by using the CB radio. It was mainly bluster, but someone did get hospitalised.". He eventually sold the business for £28,000, founding a nursing home
business called Quality Care Homes which he then sold for £46 million in 1997 and children's nursery chain Just Learning for £22 million.
He has since expanded into health clubs, with Bannatyne's
Health Clubs chain to his name, and also bars, hotels and property. He recently acquired twenty two health clubs from Hilton Hotels at a price of £92 million. Bannatyne's is now the largest independent chain of health clubs in the United Kingdom. In May 2010, he added the Charlton House Hotel and Spa in Somerset
to the portfolio, with the view to adding more spa facilities and treatment rooms.
In October 2008 he opened the £12 million "Bannatyne Spa Hotel" in Hastings
.
In December 2009 Bannatyne joined the UK's largest monthly business magazine Business Matters as a monthly columnist alongside former Apprentice winner Michelle Dewberry
.
In January 2010, Bannatyne appeared alongside his Dragons' Den
co-stars Peter Jones
and Deborah Meaden
in the fifth episode of the sixth series of Hustle
.
His wealth as of 2011 was estimated at £430 million by the Sunday Times Rich List
.
. In Romania
where over a ten year period he has funded several projects, notably Casa Bannatyne in Târgu-Mureş
, a hospice
for orphans with HIV
and AIDS
in which he invested £80,000. In March 2008 established the Bannatyne Charitable Foundation with a personal injection of £1,000,000.
On 19 May 2008 Bannatyne added his support to the launch of the Geared for Giving
Campaign at the House of Commons to encourage UK business leaders to set up and promote a Workplace Giving scheme to benefit UK registered charities with tax effective donations through employees pay.
On 29 August 2008, Bannatyne appeared on television programme Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
, raising £20 for charity NCH
.
He became President of the charity No Smoking Day
in October 2008. The charity runs the annual health awareness campaign - helping people who want to stop smoking. In November 2008 he was voted "The Most Admired Celebrity Charity Champion" by Third sector magazine.
Bannatyne is a trustee of Comic Relief
and on 27 November 2008 he travelled to Ethiopia
with other trustees of Comic Relief
. On Saturday 29 November they visited Debre Zeit; Bannatyne said "the most significant part of that day for me was when we were shown that people are taught how to sow vegetables so they can grow them in their own homes, in addition to the training programme the project supplies seeds and tools so that they can become self sufficient".
In August 2010, he agreed to become Patron
of PC David Rathband's Blue Lamp Foundation, a charity established by the Northumbria Police Constable David Rathband who was blinded by gunshot wounds in the 2010 Northumbria Police manhunt
.
(under Margaret Thatcher
), then switched to support the Labour Party
under Tony Blair
and Gordon Brown
. This is evidenced in a 2008 promotional video supporting Brown.
Appearing on the Question Time
panel on 7 February 2008, Bannatyne stated he had been a donor to the Labour Party under Blair. He also voiced his support for Brown, but criticised the Cabinet
for what he described as "petty squabbles based on personal ambition". In March 2011, Bannatyne appeared to switch political affiliations again by backing the measures imposed in George Osborne
's budget. He stated he was fully supportive of the incumbent government believing it to have the nation's best interests at heart.
McCue was Bannatyne's former director of nursing with Quality Care Homes. He proposed to her in Barbados
in early March 2006, and married her on 11 November 2006 at St Mary's Church in Norton
, Stockton-on-Tees
. Celebrities at the ceremony included Anna Ryder Richardson
, Cherie Lunghi
, Gary McCausland
, Dragons' Den
presenter Evan Davis
and fellow Dragons Theo Paphitis
, Richard Farleigh
, Simon Woodroffe
and Deborah Meaden
. Pop star Marc Almond
then performed for 200 guests in the warehouse next to his company's head office.
Bannatyne and his family live in England and France, maintaining homes in Wynyard Park, County Durham
, in the north-east of England, and Covent Garden
, London
. They have a holiday villa in Mougins
, near Cannes
. His French home was showcased in an article in the May 2010 issue of A Place in the Sun magazine.
Bannatyne was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science (D.Sc.) by Glasgow Caledonian University
on 5 July 2006 for services to business and charity. He was also awarded an honorary Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) from the Teesside University, on 6 February 2009.
Bannatyne celebrated his 60th birthday at Murano's in London with celebrities such as David Coulthard
, James Caan
, Theo Paphitis
and Anna Ryder Richardson
. A second party was held in the North East and was headlined by UK soul singer Beverley Knight
and featured Chesney Hawkes
. The celebration took place in a converted warehouse in Darlington
, County Durham.
Bannatyne openly discussed having had cosmetic surgery under his eyes on The Graham Norton Show
. He appeared on the Irish chat show Tubridy Tonight
. He had an acting role in the Tyne Tees Television
comedy pilot Girl's Club where amongst other actors, he performed alongside the actress Georgia Taylor
.
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
(born 2 February 1949) is a Scottish
Scottish people
The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...
entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
, philanthropist
Philanthropist
A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...
and author. His business interests include hotels, health clubs, spas, media, TV, stage schools, property and transport. He is most famous for his appearance as a business angel on the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
programme Dragons' Den
Dragons' Den (UK)
Dragons' Den is a British television series, hosted by Evan Davis. The format of the show is owned by Sony Pictures and is based on the original Japanese series, which has been sold around the world...
. He has written five books; Anyone Can Do It, which sold more than 250,000 copies, was followed by Wake Up and Change Your Life, How to be Smart With Your Money, How to be Smart With Your Time, then by 43 Mistakes Businesses Make. He was appointed as an OBE
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
for his contribution to charity.
Life and career
Bannatyne was told by his mother that, because of the family's lack of money, he could not have a bicycle. To amend the problem he asked the local newsagents if he could have a paper round job and was told he could have one if he could get a list of 100 interested people. Bannatyne knocked on 151 doors exactly to create that list of one hundred customers. Armed with this list, he received the job and, months later, a second-hand bike.In 1964 and at the age of 15, Bannatyne volunteered for twelve years with the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
as a junior second class engineering mechanic (stoker
Stoker
A stoker is "one who stokes".Stoker may also refer to:* A fireplace poker* Mechanical stoker - a coal-feeding device on a steam locomotive...
) at RNTE Shotley
RNTE Shotley
RNTE Shotley, known in the Royal Navy as HMS Ganges, was a naval training establishment at Shotley, near Ipswich in Suffolk. Starting in 1905, it trained boys for naval service until it closed in 1976, following the raising of the school leaving age from 15 to 16...
near Ipswich
Ipswich
Ipswich is a large town and a non-metropolitan district. It is the county town of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell...
, better known as the boys' training establishment HMS Ganges. He served in the Navy for several years before receiving a dishonourable discharge for attempting to throw an officer off a boat landing jetty in Scotland. In his biography he claims this was in part a reaction to this officer's abuse of his authority, in part a dare by his shipmates and in part a way of getting out of the Navy, with which he had become disillusioned. Bannatyne was nineteen years old when this happened. After the incident he had to serve nine months in Colchester
Colchester
Colchester is an historic town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in Essex, England.At the time of the census in 2001, it had a population of 104,390. However, the population is rapidly increasing, and has been named as one of Britain's fastest growing towns. As the...
military detention centre before being discharged aged 20. He later spent ten days in Glasgow's Barlinnie prison for not paying a £
Pound sterling
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10 fine in relation to a charge of breach of the peace
Breach of the peace
Breach of the peace is a legal term used in constitutional law in English-speaking countries, and in a wider public order sense in Britain.-Constitutional law:...
and resisting arrest
Resisting arrest
Resisting arrest is a term used to describe a criminal charge against an individual who has committed, depending on the jurisdiction, at least one of the following acts:* threatening a police officer with physical violence while being arrested...
.
After spending his twenties moving from one job to another, Bannatyne lived for a few years on the island of Jersey
Jersey
Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and...
where he met his first wife, Robert Marshall of Nottingham. With a difficult business climate for outsiders, at age 29 Bannatyne and his wife moved to Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees is a market town in north east England. It is the major settlement in the unitary authority and borough of Stockton-on-Tees. For ceremonial purposes, the borough is split between County Durham and North Yorkshire as it also incorporates a number of smaller towns including...
in North East England
North East England
North East England is one of the nine official regions of England. It covers Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear, and Teesside . The only cities in the region are Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland...
where they made several loving bum babies. He has stated that he was penniless and did not have a bank account until the age of 30.
His business career began almost immediately after his move to Stockton-on-Tees with an ice cream van purchased for £2. He soon expanded by buying more vans during the period of the Glasgow Ice Cream Wars
Glasgow Ice Cream Wars
The Glasgow Ice Cream Wars were conflicts in the East End of Glasgow in Scotland in the 1980s between rival ice cream van operators, over lucrative territory and suggested use of ice cream vans as a cover for selling drugs...
about which he made comment in a newspaper interview "I got by using the CB radio. It was mainly bluster, but someone did get hospitalised.". He eventually sold the business for £28,000, founding a nursing home
Nursing home
A nursing home, convalescent home, skilled nursing unit , care home, rest home, or old people's home provides a type of care of residents: it is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living...
business called Quality Care Homes which he then sold for £46 million in 1997 and children's nursery chain Just Learning for £22 million.
He has since expanded into health clubs, with Bannatyne's
Bannatyne's
Bannatyne's is the name of a UK based chain of health clubs, well known for being founded and co-directed by famous Scottish businessman Duncan Bannatyne OBE....
Health Clubs chain to his name, and also bars, hotels and property. He recently acquired twenty two health clubs from Hilton Hotels at a price of £92 million. Bannatyne's is now the largest independent chain of health clubs in the United Kingdom. In May 2010, he added the Charlton House Hotel and Spa in Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
to the portfolio, with the view to adding more spa facilities and treatment rooms.
In October 2008 he opened the £12 million "Bannatyne Spa Hotel" in Hastings
Hastings
Hastings is a town and borough in the county of East Sussex on the south coast of England. The town is located east of the county town of Lewes and south east of London, and has an estimated population of 86,900....
.
In December 2009 Bannatyne joined the UK's largest monthly business magazine Business Matters as a monthly columnist alongside former Apprentice winner Michelle Dewberry
Michelle Dewberry
Michelle Louise Faye Dewberry is a British reality television contestant and businessperson from Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. Dewberry first came into the public eye in 2006 as the winner of the second series of British television programme The Apprentice.-Background:Dewberry was born on 9...
.
In January 2010, Bannatyne appeared alongside his Dragons' Den
Dragons' Den (UK)
Dragons' Den is a British television series, hosted by Evan Davis. The format of the show is owned by Sony Pictures and is based on the original Japanese series, which has been sold around the world...
co-stars Peter Jones
Peter Jones (entrepreneur)
Peter Jones, CBE is a British entrepreneur and businessman with interests in mobile phones, television, media, leisure, and property. He became a television celebrity through his appearances on the BBC Two show Dragons' Den and on his American television show American Inventor...
and Deborah Meaden
Deborah Meaden
Deborah Meaden is a British business woman who ran a multi-million pound family holiday business, before completing a management buyout...
in the fifth episode of the sixth series of Hustle
Hustle (TV series)
Hustle is a British television drama series made by Kudos Film and Television for BBC One in the United Kingdom. Created by Tony Jordan and first broadcast in 2004, the series follows a group of con artists who specialise in "long cons" – extended deceptions which require greater commitment, but...
.
His wealth as of 2011 was estimated at £430 million by the Sunday Times Rich List
Sunday Times Rich List
The Sunday Times Rich List is a list of the 1,000 wealthiest people or families in the United Kingdom, updated annually in April and published as a magazine supplement by British national Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times since 1989...
.
Charity works
Bannatyne received his OBE partly in recognition for his work with charities such as Mary's mealsMary's meals
Mary's Meals is a school feeding movement and the name of a charity formerly known as Scottish International Relief . It was founded in 2002 and has grown from its first feeding operation of 200 children in Malawi, to a world-wide campaign, providing free school meals in hundreds of schools and...
. In Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
where over a ten year period he has funded several projects, notably Casa Bannatyne in Târgu-Mureş
Târgu-Mures
Târgu Mureș is the seat of Mureș County in the north-central part of Romania. As of January 1, 2009 the city had a population of 145,151 inhabitants, making it the 16th most-populated city in Romania.-Names and etymology:...
, a hospice
Hospice
Hospice is a type of care and a philosophy of care which focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's symptoms.In the United States and Canada:*Gentiva Health Services, national provider of hospice and home health services...
for orphans with HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
and AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
in which he invested £80,000. In March 2008 established the Bannatyne Charitable Foundation with a personal injection of £1,000,000.
On 19 May 2008 Bannatyne added his support to the launch of the Geared for Giving
Geared for Giving
The Geared for Giving Campaign launched at the House of Commons of the United Kingdom on 19 May 2008 by Anne Snelgrove, MP for South Swindon and Duncan Bannatyne OBE....
Campaign at the House of Commons to encourage UK business leaders to set up and promote a Workplace Giving scheme to benefit UK registered charities with tax effective donations through employees pay.
On 29 August 2008, Bannatyne appeared on television programme Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television game show which offers large cash prizes for correctly answering a series of multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty. The format is owned and licensed by Sony Pictures Television International. The maximum cash prize is one million pounds...
, raising £20 for charity NCH
NCH
Action for Children is a national children’s charity in the United Kingdom that supports and speaks out for the most vulnerable and neglected children, young people, families and their communities....
.
He became President of the charity No Smoking Day
No smoking day
No Smoking Day is an annual health awareness day in the United Kingdom that is intended to help smokers who want to quit smoking. The first No Smoking Day was on Ash Wednesday in 1984, and it now takes place on the second Wednesday in March....
in October 2008. The charity runs the annual health awareness campaign - helping people who want to stop smoking. In November 2008 he was voted "The Most Admired Celebrity Charity Champion" by Third sector magazine.
Bannatyne is a trustee of Comic Relief
Comic Relief
Comic Relief is an operating British charity, founded in 1985 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Lenny Henry in response to famine in Ethiopia. The highlight of Comic Relief's appeal is Red Nose Day, a biennial telethon held in March, alternating with sister project Sport Relief...
and on 27 November 2008 he travelled to Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
with other trustees of Comic Relief
Comic Relief
Comic Relief is an operating British charity, founded in 1985 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Lenny Henry in response to famine in Ethiopia. The highlight of Comic Relief's appeal is Red Nose Day, a biennial telethon held in March, alternating with sister project Sport Relief...
. On Saturday 29 November they visited Debre Zeit; Bannatyne said "the most significant part of that day for me was when we were shown that people are taught how to sow vegetables so they can grow them in their own homes, in addition to the training programme the project supplies seeds and tools so that they can become self sufficient".
In August 2010, he agreed to become Patron
Patrón
Patrón is a luxury brand of tequila produced in Mexico and sold in hand-blown, individually numbered bottles.Made entirely from Blue Agave "piñas" , Patrón comes in five varieties: Silver, Añejo, Reposado, Gran Patrón Platinum and Gran Patrón Burdeos. Patrón also sells a tequila-coffee blend known...
of PC David Rathband's Blue Lamp Foundation, a charity established by the Northumbria Police Constable David Rathband who was blinded by gunshot wounds in the 2010 Northumbria Police manhunt
2010 Northumbria Police manhunt
-Birtley shootings:Moat was released from Durham prison on 1 July, and allegedly arrived in the early hours of 3 July 2010 at a house in Birtley where Stobbart and her new partner – 29-year-old karate instructor, Chris Brown – were visiting. Brown had moved to the area from Windsor,...
.
Politics
Bannatyne has previously supported the Conservative PartyConservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
(under Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...
), then switched to support the Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
under Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...
and Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...
. This is evidenced in a 2008 promotional video supporting Brown.
Appearing on the Question Time
Question Time (TV series)
Question Time is a topical debate BBC television programme in the United Kingdom, based on Any Questions?. The show typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer questions put to them by the audience...
panel on 7 February 2008, Bannatyne stated he had been a donor to the Labour Party under Blair. He also voiced his support for Brown, but criticised the Cabinet
Cabinet (government)
A Cabinet is a body of high ranking government officials, typically representing the executive branch. It can also sometimes be referred to as the Council of Ministers, an Executive Council, or an Executive Committee.- Overview :...
for what he described as "petty squabbles based on personal ambition". In March 2011, Bannatyne appeared to switch political affiliations again by backing the measures imposed in George Osborne
George Osborne
George Gideon Oliver Osborne, MP is a British Conservative politician. He is the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom, a role to which he was appointed in May 2010, and has been the Member of Parliament for Tatton since 2001.Osborne is part of the old Anglo-Irish aristocracy, known in...
's budget. He stated he was fully supportive of the incumbent government believing it to have the nation's best interests at heart.
Personal life
Bannatyne has four children by his first wife Gail: Hollie, Abigail, Jennifer, and Eve; and two with his current wife, Joanne McCue: Emily and Tom. He has two grandchildren Ava & Austin, from his eldest daughter.McCue was Bannatyne's former director of nursing with Quality Care Homes. He proposed to her in Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
in early March 2006, and married her on 11 November 2006 at St Mary's Church in Norton
Norton, County Durham
Norton is a suburb of Stockton-on-Tees in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It still retains a village area, with a high street and village green with mostly Georgian houses; the original village dates back to at least the Anglo-Saxon period...
, Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees is a market town in north east England. It is the major settlement in the unitary authority and borough of Stockton-on-Tees. For ceremonial purposes, the borough is split between County Durham and North Yorkshire as it also incorporates a number of smaller towns including...
. Celebrities at the ceremony included Anna Ryder Richardson
Anna Ryder Richardson
Anna Caroline Ryder Richardson , is a British interior designer and television presenter. She is known for being a designer on the BBC shows Changing Rooms, House Invaders and Staying Put.-Biography:...
, Cherie Lunghi
Cherie Lunghi
Cherie M. Lunghi is an English film, television and theatre actress. She is probably best known for her role as Guinevere in the 1981 film Excalibur, as football manageress Gabriella Benson in the 1990s television series The Manageress and for starring in a series of adverts for Kenco coffee. She...
, Gary McCausland
Gary McCausland
Gary McCausland is a Chartered Surveyor and the CEO/Founder of the Richland Group a Property Development and Investment Company based in Berkeley Square, London UK. He is also the Chairman of www.rovster.com the UK’s fastest growing property & business website portal.He currently sits on the Board...
, Dragons' Den
Dragons' Den
Dragons' Den is a series of reality television programmes featuring entrepreneurs pitching their business ideas in order to secure investment finance from a panel of venture capitalists. The show originated in Japan as "Manē no Tora"...
presenter Evan Davis
Evan Davis (journalist)
Evan Harold Davis is a British economist, journalist and presenter for the BBC. In October 2001, Davis took over from Peter Jay as the BBC's economics editor. He left this post in April 2008 to become a presenter on BBC Radio 4's Today programme...
and fellow Dragons Theo Paphitis
Theo Paphitis
Theodorus "Theo" Paphitis is a retail magnate and British entrepreneur of Greek Cypriot origin. He made the majority of his fortune in the retail sector, and is best known to the general public for his appearances on the BBC business programme Dragons' Den and as former chairman of Millwall...
, Richard Farleigh
Richard Farleigh
Richard Farleigh is an Australian private investor. He is currently a member of the Business Review Weekly Rich 200 list, a list of the 200 wealthiest Australian individuals.- Early life :...
, Simon Woodroffe
Simon Woodroffe
Simon Woodroffe OBE is a British motivational speaker and entrepreneur. He started the sushi chain YO! Sushi in 1997, and has appeared as a 'Dragon' on the first UK series of Dragons' Den....
and Deborah Meaden
Deborah Meaden
Deborah Meaden is a British business woman who ran a multi-million pound family holiday business, before completing a management buyout...
. Pop star Marc Almond
Marc Almond
Marc Almond is an English singer-songwriter and musician, who originally found fame as half of the seminal synthpop/New Wave duo Soft Cell...
then performed for 200 guests in the warehouse next to his company's head office.
Bannatyne and his family live in England and France, maintaining homes in Wynyard Park, County Durham
Wynyard Park, County Durham
Wynyard Park, sometimes known as Wynyard Hall is a large country house in County Durham, England. The house used to be the family seat of the Vane-Tempest-Stewart family, Marquesses of Londonderry, an Anglo-Irish aristocratic dynasty, but it was sold in the 1980s.-The house:Designed by Philip Wyatt...
, in the north-east of England, and Covent Garden
Covent Garden
Covent Garden is a district in London on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St. Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit and vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist site, and the Royal Opera House, which is also known as...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. They have a holiday villa in Mougins
Mougins
Mougins is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.It is located on the heights of Cannes, in the district of Grasse. Mougins is a 15-minute drive from Cannes. The village is surrounded by forests, such as the Valmasque forest...
, near Cannes
Cannes
Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department....
. His French home was showcased in an article in the May 2010 issue of A Place in the Sun magazine.
Bannatyne was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science (D.Sc.) by Glasgow Caledonian University
Glasgow Caledonian University
Glasgow Caledonian University is a public university in Glasgow, Scotland.The university was constituted by an Act of Parliament on 1 April 1993 as a result of a merger between Glasgow Polytechnic and The Queen's College, Glasgow....
on 5 July 2006 for services to business and charity. He was also awarded an honorary Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) from the Teesside University, on 6 February 2009.
Bannatyne celebrated his 60th birthday at Murano's in London with celebrities such as David Coulthard
David Coulthard
David Marshall Coulthard, MBE, , sometimes known as DC, is a British former Formula One racing driver from Scotland.Coulthard, who was born in Dumfries and raised nearby in Twynholm, made his Formula One debut in 1994 and won 13 Grands Prix in a career spanning 15 seasons...
, James Caan
James Caan (entrepreneur)
James Caan is a British-Pakistani entrepreneur and television personality. Caan has been building and selling businesses since 1985, including Alexander Mann Group, Humana International, and the private equity firm Hamilton Bradshaw.Caan initially achieved success in the recruitment industry,...
, Theo Paphitis
Theo Paphitis
Theodorus "Theo" Paphitis is a retail magnate and British entrepreneur of Greek Cypriot origin. He made the majority of his fortune in the retail sector, and is best known to the general public for his appearances on the BBC business programme Dragons' Den and as former chairman of Millwall...
and Anna Ryder Richardson
Anna Ryder Richardson
Anna Caroline Ryder Richardson , is a British interior designer and television presenter. She is known for being a designer on the BBC shows Changing Rooms, House Invaders and Staying Put.-Biography:...
. A second party was held in the North East and was headlined by UK soul singer Beverley Knight
Beverley Knight
Beverley Knight MBE is a British soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer who released her debut album in 1995. Heavily influenced by soul greats such as Sam Cooke and Aretha Franklin, Knight has released six studio albums to date...
and featured Chesney Hawkes
Chesney Hawkes
Chesney Lee Hawkes , is an English pop singer, songwriter, and occasional actor. He is best known for his 1991 single "The One and Only", which topped the charts in the UK and reached the Top 10 in the U.S.-Life and career:...
. The celebration took place in a converted warehouse in Darlington
Darlington
Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, part of the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It lies on the small River Skerne, a tributary of the River Tees, not far from the main river. It is the main population centre in the borough, with a population of 97,838 as of 2001...
, County Durham.
Bannatyne openly discussed having had cosmetic surgery under his eyes on The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show
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. He appeared on the Irish chat show Tubridy Tonight
Tubridy Tonight
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. He had an acting role in the Tyne Tees Television
Tyne Tees Television
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comedy pilot Girl's Club where amongst other actors, he performed alongside the actress Georgia Taylor
Georgia Taylor
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.
External links
- Bannatyne Digital - Creative Agency
- Dragons' Den biography of Duncan Bannatyne
- Duncan Bannatyne - From Ice Cream Man To Multi-Millionaire
- Inside the Dragons' Den - Building a fortune the Bannatyne way
- Bannatyne's monthly column with Business Matters magazine
- Growing Business magazine meets Bannatyne
- A review of Anyone Can Do It
- Interview - April 2010