THE winner of the Exmoor Society’s annual Pinnacle Award for a young entrepreneur is blacksmith and artistic metalworker Tom Lile.
Tom has established a business for himself by working in traditional ironwork and wants to branch out into steel fabrication to widen his scope to meet the modern market.
The £3000 award will help him invest in some of the equipment he needs to expand.
He shares his workshop with his ‘mentor’ Ben Horrobin at Upcott Farm, Bicknoller, but sees the potential to progress into nearby premises on his own and is anticipating taking on an apprentice.
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