1/5. For people who have left their own countries and cultures to move to Britain, starting a business has often been the only means of economic survival.
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown visits five such businesses and uncovers the stories of their enterprising founders.
Dr Qudrat Amir was forced to flee his native Afghanistan in 1989, leaving behind the home and medical career that he loved. After years of struggle, he has reinvented himself as a car trader on the outskirts of London. Producer Clare Csonka