How I Made It 🚰 | This week we’re chatting with the impressive Simon Crowther, founder of FPS Environmental, Flood Protection Solutions, as well as a civil engineer and chartered water and environmental manager.
‘As a young entrepreneur, you are forever having to push credibility and prove yourself’ This week we’re chatting with the impressive Simon Crowther, founder of, as well as a civil engineer and chartered water and environmental manager.
He couldn’t return to the house for nearly a year and wanted to stop that happening to other families living in flood zones.‘Everything had to be ripped out, the carpets, plasterboard, kitchen, and flooring. Already, he’s featured in a Forbes 30 Under 30 list and won Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards.I have always been interested in how things work, however, the flooding of my home in 2007 really kick-started my interest in engineering and problem solving.Did you get start problem solving soon after that experience?
It was solar powered with back up batteries, and whilst now commonplace, in 2010 this was cutting edge. I saw the silver lining in a cloud and formed a business from it, and although previously I’d had various entrepreneurial endeavours, I wasn’t focused on the monetary aspect, and really just wanted to help prevent others from going through the suffering of the upheaval, expense, and stress that my family did.
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