ENTREPRENEUR Bruce Durham is dusting himself down after receiving a fiery interview with a team of dragons.

Bruce came face to face with some of the country's top business people during the filming of BBC Two's Dragons' Den.

And the 27-year-old, who will appear on the show on Monday, said that his confident pitch had impressed the tough-talking multi millionaires.

Bruce entered the den looking for £120,000 worth of investment for a 40 per cent stake in his company Premier Corporate Training.

His firm specialises in extreme training methods, such as volunteers being pursued by dogs in enemy' territory, and draws on his experiences with the RAF.

Newcastle-born Bruce said he was medically discharged from the RAF after an accident damaged his hearing.

He cannot say for contractual reasons whether he managed to persuade the dragons to part with their cash.

"It was an exciting experience," said Bruce, who lives in Thursday Street, Priory Vale, north Swindon. "You have to pack everything you can into your three-minute pitch.

"I didn't feel that nervous unlike other people who were sick before they went on, while others fainted.

"I'm used to public speaking with the RAF so I went in with that mindset.

"I must have practised my pitch about 200 times though."

Bruce moved to Swindon two years ago after receiving a medical discharge from the RAF after being injured in Iraq.

He set up his training company last year and has a team of eight instructors on his staff.

He was looking to secure the dragons' investment to enable him to quickly expand the existing business and secure new contracts that had been offered to them.

According to Bruce, James Caan valued his idea, Duncan Bannatyne was interested in how the company had been doing in the past three years while Theo Paphitis, Deborah Meaden and Peter Jones admired the sheer drive that he possessed.

"I had to try to prove to the dragons that there are ways and means of making training more effective and fun," he said.

"Why do people settle for trainers who bore them to tears? We've all been there - sitting in a classroom where the instructor has no enthusiasm but just sends you to sleep.

"What we're trying to do is a little like Jamie Oliver's school dinner campaign.

"We just want to get rid of all poor trainers so whenever anybody turns up to a training day, they know they will enjoy it and learn from it.

"It is not an invention as such, just solving a huge existing problem."

Premier Corporate Training was recently awarded the contract to be the sole provider of first-aid training for Balfour Beatty Power Networks Limited.

As well as first-aid and health and safety training, the company also runs extreme team building days alongside current mountaineering world record holder Rod Baber.

For more details visit www. premiercorporatetraining.co.uk.