Episode notes
Andrew Turner started his life sharing a bedroom with his four brothers and went on to launch the near £300m turnover business Chorley Group.
The car dealership now spans 22 franchise outlets across Lancashire but Turner has continued to live by the mantra that it’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice.
The larger-than-life character has gone on to raise millions of pounds for charity and is a life-time President of Inspire Youth Zone in Chorley.
As one of eight brothers and sisters, Turner’s childhood was dominated by hand-me-downs but by the age of five his greengrocer father had taught him how to weigh a 5lb bag of spuds.
His first job was with his Dad on the market stalls in Blackburn and his love of numbers served him well when he landed a job as a car salesman in his early ...