1.   He expanded the shipping trade and left a thriving business to his son.

2.   He had a thriving business, a good life by any standard.

3.   She now has a thriving business and is constantly in demand.

4.   This developed into a thriving business.

5.   Within a few years she had established a thriving business in London.

6.   Her company has evolved from a hobby into a thriving business.

7.   Peter dismissed what was a thriving little business as if it were a run-down whelk stall.

8.   She had a thriving business in Wallingford High Street, before the recession hit her customers pockets and at the same time sent her overheads soaring.

9.   The inquest at Southport heard how Mr Ryder ran a thriving business.