Kleeneze Way to £3000 Pay

Two years ago Chris Mason Paul was a dry cleaning working earning less than £200 a week.

Then he borrowed £50 from his mother-in-law to get a foot in the door. Now at 37, he earns a staggering £150,000 a year - about £50,000 more than the average British managing director.

He works a 40-hour week, employs a team of 900 agents and has a monthly turnover of more than £350,000.

The agents work for him on commission of 21-26%, but he gets an extra 4-5% from the company for boosting the volume of sales.

Chris, from Bristol, takes a percentage of the total take, with the balance going to the firm. This system has given a big boost to Kleeneze's sales throughout Britain.

More than 1,000 successful distributors and agents attended a weekend jamboree in Droitwich near Worcester to celebrate their success.

Kleeneze - once best known for its brushes - now products the prestigious innovations catalogue.

It will go further upmarketing in the Autumn by launching beauty aids.

Boss Nigel Swabey, 37, said: "Two thousand people a month are joining us and sales are mushrooming."

Profits in the full year will only be about £2m, but the prospects are good.

The shares yesterday stood at 205p.