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Life gets busy for The Lazy Camper

A Yorkshire entrepreneur has won £180k worth of investment, taken on a team of six and landed a contract to be the online camping partner of one of the UK’s leading music events, all before he celebrates his 21st birthday.

Jacob Hill founded complete festival kits company The Lazy Camper in November 2011 and has been growing the business steadily at the same time as studying at Huddersfield University on its Enterprise Development Course.

The company, whose best selling product is the £69.99 all-in-one camping kit in bag, has now partnered with V Festival, sponsored by Virgin Media, to offer one of the easiest camping options ever to the 170,000 attending the events in August.

This follows a successful trial offering the camping package to VIP guests of Virgin Media’s Louder Lounge hospitality area at last year’s V Festival in Chelmsford, Essex.

The Lazy Camper is also partnering with other UK festivals, including Beach Break Live, Wakestock, Cockrock, Lounge on the Farm and Beacons, and is in talks about distributing to festivals in Europe, the United States and Australia.

Jacob said: “I am excited at the success of The Lazy Camper and proud that it will be a part of so many festivals this year.

“I hope this is only the start - I want to keep developing the brand to offer more quality, convenient and affordable products that take the pain out of travelling and camping.”

Jacob has also secured investment from serial entrepreneur and philanthropist Graham Leslie and coffee connoisseur and business investor David Cooper who will both take roles in the company alongside four other people taking staff numbers from two to seven within weeks.

The Lazy Camper is based in Huddersfield’s 3M Buckley Innovation Centre, a hub for start-up businesses named after one of the world’s leading businessmen, and graduate of the town’s University, Sir George Buckley.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Mark Lane .