AN entrepreneur from Wiltshire who became the youngest ever person to secure funding on BBC2’s Dragon’s Den has revealed his company’s vast expansion plans for the year ahead.

Jordan Daykin, 21, impressed the discerning Deborah Meaden with his invention, GripIt Fixings, when he appeared on the show in 2014 and the dragon invested £80,000 of her own money in the business for a 25 per cent stake.

Now, three years on since appearing on the programme, Mr Daykin said his company has been unscathed in the wake of Brexit and is currently in the process of a major expansion.

He said: “We are currently negotiating with Europe and we've just placed a big stock order with a company which distributes to 320 stores in France, our first in Europe. Quite a other European countries are coming on board too.

"We will soon be exporting to France, Germany, Spain and Poland and we have also just started exporting to Canada and New Zealand, with our focus now on Australia and the USA.

“We’re in quite a fortunate position regarding Brexit as all of our manufacturers in the UK, which means we buy and sell in pounds and haven’t been affected by costings."

Just over one year ago the company employed five staff, but thanks to a staggering £2.1 million Crowdcube boost from 2,500 investors it now employs 40 staff and operates out of six bases across Wiltshire, with five in Melksham and one in Warminster.

Following on from the success of the GripIt fixing, the company is set to launch its newest invention in July, TwistIt, which will aim to solve the problem of plaster wall fixings spinning around, as well as two more new products later this year which cannot be revealed yet.

“I still find it a bit crazy how big the company is now and never thought it would get to this stage when I first started out – my granddad and I just wanted to hang a curtain rail at first,” added Mr Daykin.

“It’s going to be a very busy year but I have an excellent team around me who ensure I can focus on what I need to do.

“I find that by starting work early, keeping a lot of spreadsheets and making sure all my emails are dealt with at the end of the day, I can just about get everything done.”