Inventor, Claire Mitchell, had her eureka moment when she didn’t have a sterilized teat to hand when she needed one! Seizing the moment, Claire got to work on creating the Chillipeeps pre-sterilized teat that attaches directly to c carton so that when you are out with your baby/toddler you can buy a carton of formula milk.

I believe that the future of the UK lies firmly with SMEs they are more flexible in their working being able to adapt more quickly to change which gives them a real advantage over the big boys.

One of the things I keep asking myself while I am going through the EBA course is would I be learning these pearls of wisdom if I was left to my own devices? It is certain that much of the information is already out there in the form of books, downloads, web forums and countless other sources.

Bev James interviews inventor, Claire Mitchell for this months EBA Business in The Spotlight.

What a month March was! It began with the EBA Retreat weekend and I was ready for that as we were a couple of weeks away from the launch of Chillipeeps to the trade and I was stressed. I had no packaging, no promotional print for the show, no product untill the eve of the retreat when I picked up the final product on route.