Peterborough's The Apprentice winner Joseph Valente celebrates expansion of own mentoring business

​Peterborough’s BBC The Apprentice winner has officially opened his new look offices in the city.​

Entrepreneur Joseph Valente has just opened a large office complex in Peterborough to support both the growth of his mentoring business Trade Mastermind and the launch of a new business venture.

Staff gathered to celebrate as managing director Chris Ruggiero cut the ribbon to declare open the new offices at the Brightfield Business Hub in Bakewell Road, Orton Southgate, watched by Mr Valente with his young son Joseph.

The extra 10,000 square feet of space will provide two conference/events rooms capable of holding 100 people each plus additional offices and a new boardroom.

There is also a new £50,000 podcast recording studio to help business owners to develop their own business promotions on social media.

Mr Valente’s Trade Mastermind and Coaching Academy was launched in 2020 to help sole traders and small businesses in the construction sector to achieve fast and remarkable growth.

And now he has just launched the Valente Business Academy, which is aimed at helping entrepreneurs from all sectors to grow their businesses.

Mr Valente, who won the BBC Apprentice title in 2015 and built his own plumbing business ImpraGas, based in Yaxley, into a £10 million turnover operation employing 150 staff before selling the company, said: “These are very exciting times.

"The new offices mean that we are able to bring all aspects of the business together on one site instead of having to use hotels for conferences and meetings.

"Trade Mastermind is doing £10 million in sales and has thousands of customers.”

"I have been able to step away slightly from Trade Mastermind and focus on the business academy.

He said: “We currently have 35 staff and I expect that number to grow to about 60 over the year.

Mr Valente added: “It is great for me to be running a big business again.

"ImpraGas was a big business and took 10 years of my life to build.”

Mr Valente says he is also focused on his regular YouTube show Unfinished Business and his new Millionaire Mastermind club based in London.