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I set up my first company when I was still at school but nobody took me seriously - now I'm 23 and run two businesses

A 23-year-old who set up her first business when she was still a sixth form student now has two successful companies.

Ella Deakin, from Melling in Merseyside, runs a glamorous sleepover business and a pamper parlour for young girls who want to be treated on special occasions.

The young entrepreneur was inspired by a trip to Australia when she attended a teepee party, and decided to set up a similar enterprise in the UK after realising there was a gap in the market.

Despite the fact that she felt people didn't take [her] seriously at first, she is now the proud owner of two Merseyside-based businesses - her original venture Teepee Sleepee and Ella Bella's.