The figures are in, Chapter Eight processed over £125m of ecommerce transactions in 2012 – that’s 21% up on 2011 and PCI DSS Level 1 certified to boot.

A couple of months ago I received a telephone call from one of my clients telling me that their website had been copied by a competing company – I thought I’d follow it up this weekend and to my surprise, the copycat website is still live.

In addition to appearing in Arena magazine in February, I was also featured in Arena’s February 2005 supplement – Start Your Own Business – which featured companies, ideas, and advice that could make starting your own business less stressful.

I was featured in the February 2005 edition of Arena Magazine as an entrant in the annual Arena O2 X Club Awards. I was later shortlisted for the Entrepreneur of the Year Award and attended the Awards Ceremony in London. It was close, but sadly, no cigar. Dinner and my mug-shot in my favourite magazine was a win though.

Last month I got to sit down and talk to Growing Business magazine about how Chapter Eight started life, how the business is growing, what it’s like doing business in Leeds, and what our plans are for the future.