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Schoolboy makes £14k selling crisps

A 15-year-old schoolboy has been threatened with suspension after making £14,000 selling sweets to friends in the playground.

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'Del boy' said he would 'nip business in the bud' in 2011

The schoolboy facing suspension for making thousands of pounds selling sweets and snacks told Granada Reports in 2011 that his 'black market' business venture was on its way out.

Three years later and Tommie Rose has increased his fortune - earning £14,000 selling chocolate, crisps and fizzy drinks to pupils at Buile Hill High School in Salford.

He says the money will go towards his University tuition fees.

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