A savvy Scots schoolboy who started a sweet business from his bedroom is on track to make nearly £8.5k in a year.
Sol Murdoch, nine, decided he wanted to sell sweets to his friends and neighbours after his family moved to Aberchirder in Aberdeenshire and he realised there were limited shops in the area.
After pitching his idea to his mum, Holly Murdoch, 27, and uncle, Cameron McCorgray, 25, the two decided to invest £250 each in the youngster's business.
Since then, Sol has made £700 in just one month - meaning he'll make nearly £8,500 this year if sales continue at that rate.
And the young entrepreneur has even decided to save the money he's made, rather than splashing out on toys and treats.
Mum Holly said: "I don't think he expected it, I think he just thought, 'I'll sell some sweets and make some pocket money' to spend on toys he's into, like Pokémon, Harry Potter and Lego.
"It's gone far beyond what any of us thought. When he was younger, he always told me he'd be a millionaire - he used to say he was going to be rich.
"He's always had this urge to do really well for himself which is quite remarkable really. I try to keep my distance and let him make the decisions and choose what he wants to sell, he tells me what sweets he needs and wants to buy, I'm just there to tie the bags and support him.
Holly, who managed a veterinary dispensary, says Sol has always been money motivated - but that his idea for selling sweets seemed to come out of the blue following their move to Scotland.
The youngster sells his sweets via a Facebook page, at local markets and at school. His business has even reached customers further south, with Sol shipping 47 bags of sweets to Gosport, Portsmouth, within a couple of weeks of starting his shop.
Despite being too young to get a membership with wholesale companies, Holly says they've all been supportive of his efforts, and she says he's even built good relationships with his suppliers.
Sol even showed his support for the community by visiting the local police station and dropping off a shipment of sweets for officers to enjoy - and was rewarded with a day out at the station for his efforts.
"It was a normal evening when Sol randomly came downstairs and said he wanted to sell sweets," said Holly.
"He gave me a Dragon's Den-style presentation and talked me through what he wanted to do and why.
"There's only one shop where we live and it's quite expensive there, and we get quite bad snow so you can be confined to the village.
"He realised no one else was doing it around here - we invested and from there it went a bit crazy. Sol is a very normal nine-year-old, he enjoys sports, days out, family time and spending time with friends, and the other side to him is this entrepreneur.
"He's got a range of vegan, gluten-free and sugar-free sweets, he's thinking about everyone. It probably would have scared other children but he's loving it - a lot of other kids would want to spend all the money, but he hasn't.
"I ask him what he's going to buy, and he says he's going to save it to buy something better. I think he's fantastic anyway, I'm his mum, he just makes me so proud - if it was me at that age, I wouldn't have any sweets left to sell, I would have eaten them all."
