A determined teenager has taken TikTok by storm with his own business – sometimes making as much as £3,000 a day.

Entrepreneur Harrison Nott is 14 and is busy running his empire between school and playing for the England Squash Aspire team in Ipswich.

He says it is "certainly worth" all the hours preparing, packing and sending off the orders while enjoying his life.

He has also shared on TikTok a day in his life.

The 14-year-old said: "I start off by waking up and getting ready before checking my phone and seeing how many orders I have to pack. 

"An hour later I will get out the needed stock and prepare it in my storage unit. 

"After this I spend quite a few hours on my computer doing marketing and product research to then print out all of the orders and wait for my friends to arrive to help me package. 

"It’s certainly worth it. 

"After all the orders are packed I then transfer them into the trailer to be collected  

"I then spend a couple more hours on my computer before I head out to the gym to play a game of squash and after finish off with a full work out."

Harrison’s father, Matthew Nott, explained that his business-savvy son had tried his hand at a few business models in his teen years, from car washing to customised hand gel.

The Colchester teenager's breakthrough came last year, when he began selling cold sweat towels through TikTok Shop.

Harrison’s many hours of careful research, meticulous marketing and sourcing the perfect products paid off – and incredibly, he has managed sales of up to £3,000 a day, and up to £9,000 a week.

Each day, Harrison completes more than 200 orders, starting early before school.

Harrison busily prepares his orders for delivery.Harrison busily prepares his orders for delivery. (Image: Matthew Nott) Harrison masterminds the marketing of his businesses himself. Harrison masterminds the marketing of his businesses himself. (Image: Matthew Nott) A stack of orders ready for delivery. A stack of orders ready for delivery. (Image: Matthew Nott)

“He’s always looking to do more – he could be the next Bill Gates!"  said Matthew Nott.

He said that he and his wife, Natalie, are incredibly proud of Harrison’s drive and work ethic.

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While he is on hand to keep an eye on Harrison’s efforts, he said that Harrison takes care of the operations and marketing side of things himself, having become a whizz at working with TikTok algorithms and calculating profitability.

“He’s very mature for his age,” said Mr Nott. “We’re very pleased for him. Not only does it give him his own money, which is great, but it gives him something for the future.

“He’s taking business studies next year for his first year of GCSEs. I’m confident he’ll fly through – he already knows about margins, cash flow and stock control, all the things we’ve learned about together over the past couple of years.”