Sam Boyd and his custom-made surfboards recently appeared on BBC One's "Breakfast" show, where he was interviewed about his recent award at the Royal Entrepreneurial Awards 3 days ago, his business model and how the business has taken off since his winning of BBC One's "Junior Apprentice" nearly 14 months ago.

Sam said "Well Lord Sugar has been fantastic in facilitating and mentoring me through the first year of business. He's made a lot of effort to spend time with me down in Devon running the store, and we've developed a strong working relationship. It now feels that we're working together as equal partners in this business... Receiving the REA award was amazing, and its an excellent achievement to show how well we've done with this business and how far its come."

Sam and the company are now gearing up for the winter slow-months, and preparing to introduce a new line of Snowboards ready for the skiing season. More to come on that soon!

Sam Boyd and the team were thrilled last night to learn that they won the award for "Best Startup by a Young Person" at the Royal Entrepreneurial AwardsFor more information about the REA Awards please visit www.rea.org.uk last night. Sam was up for nomination along with 7 other startups by young adults between 16 and 25 from England and Wales, in the category of startups by young adults between the ages of 16 and 25.

During a speech he gave at the REA ceremony sam said "This truly is an honour to be receiving this award on this wonderful evening. I'm very proud of the work that the team has done over the last year, and I honestly couldn't have done it without them. In addition, my biggest thanks really has to go to Lord Sugar for mentoring and guiding me through this first year in business. Stand up m'lord and take a bow."

Sam will be appearing on BBC Breakfast in 2 days time to discuss his first 14 months in business and the achievements since winning BBC One's "Junior Apprentice"Find out more at bbc.co.uk/junior-apprentice nearly 14 months ago.

Sam Boyd and the team have just celebrated their first year in business. As expected with a business of this kind Boyd has done fantastically well during the summer tourist season down here in Sunny Devon, but the winter period was tough. However, thanks to good business planning he's managed to keep himself afloat and turn a profit every quarter this year.

During a statement at the celebration for the first year in business Sam paid tribute to the team of dedicated employees and to his mentor Lord Sugar.