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23-year-old jam entrepreneur to tell his story in North East

A young entrepreneur who has become the youngest ever supplier to a major supermarket chain with his range of jams, is set to tell businesses on Teesside about his story.

Fraser Doherty, known as ‘Jam Boy’, started his company at the age of 14 using his gran’s recipes to make jam he sold to farmers’ markets and delicatessens.

Now 23, Fraser’s SuperJam company supplies to more than 2,000 supermarkets including Tesco, Asda Wal-Mart, Morrisons and Waitrose, in countries across the world.

Fraser now invests in SuperJam Tea Parties – a charity he set up to help banish the isolation felt by elderly people who live alone, in care homes or in sheltered housing, and each event attracts up to 600 people.

He has also penned a book – The SuperJam Cookbook - sharing his jam-making secrets with others.

And in 2011 he launched SuperBusiness, a book detailing his journey and everything he has learned.

The Business Exchange with Fraser Doherty, founder of SuperJam, takes place atTeesside University, Vicarage Road, Darlington, on Tuesday, February 25, from 5pm to 6.30pm. To book a place visit www.tees.ac.uk/exchange

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Tom Keighley .