Mark Loftus founded the Paddy Box in 2017 in his mother's Kitchen in Portmarnock Co Dublin. From there his business has gone from strength to strength since then. The Paddy Box is a company providing speciality hampers and boxes to Irish people both at home and abroad, allowing customers to create and ship a box of ‘Irishness’ around the globe.

We caught up with mark in his new premises in Dublin 17 in the run up to Christmas 2023 and talked to him about his experience with LEO and the supports he's received that helped The Paddy Box over the years.