Belfast-born now living in Cumbria NW England UK. Songwriter & entrepreneur since schooldays (ran a mail order business) Spent most of his working life in London. Used to work for CBS Records (Sony) then ran record shops in London but now sells (mainly) collectable CDS & records online at Crucial Music . Also runs an independent record label called Loose Records From time to time, talks about eBay and small business matters on TV and BBC RAdio as well as doing features for local papers A business owner for many years (ran a mail order business at school) has broad knowledge of high street retail operations as well as of online selling in the world of eBay and Amazon (been selling online for over 13 years)