EMLEY businessman Nick Wilson met Prime Minister Gordon Brown at a Downing Street reception.

Mr Wilson, who runs Pink Pig Books at Emley Business Park, was invited to the event by Wakefield MP Mary Creagh in recognition of firm’s success supplying sketchbooks online to schools, retailers and individuals.

The reception, hosted by Mr Brown and his wife Sarah, brought together entrepreneurs from across the country to meet and discuss their experiences. Several key cabinet members were also present to meet Ms Creagh and Mr Wilson.

Mr Wilson, who runs the business with his wife Emma, employs 11 people and the company has a turnover totalling more than £1m a year.

He said: “It was a great honour to be invited to Downing Street to meet the Prime Minister for doing what I consider to be ‘normal’ – running a business. Our success is based on teamwork. I wouldn’t be successful without the staff I now employ who work very hard together.”

Ms Creagh said: “I was delighted the Prime Minister took time out to meet Nick Wilson and to celebrate the great achievements of our country’s small businesses.

“Nick and his wife Emma have made Pink Pig a real local business success story. There are a record number of British entrepreneurs – including more than a million self-employed women.”