Andrew Ferdinando decided to have a crack at running his own business after 6 years in corporate life. Not content with just one business, he currently has 2 ventures on the go. The first, The Hubworking Centre, is a meeting venue by Liverpool Street station offering meeting rooms and hot desks to small businesses and mobile workers. The second is 12questions.com, a social networking website for young professionals living in London.

Adam O’Boyle is a co-founder and the chairman of the Oxford Hub, the focal point for charitable and socially entrepreneurial activity at Oxford University. Through events, a website and an office support, the Oxford Hub connects students with causes and makes it easy for them to get involved and tackle the social and environmental challenges of today. He has taken a year out of his studies and is currently working on founding Student Hubs, which would replicate the Oxford Hub model at universities throughout the UK.