He is a co-founder of Betfred and the founder and group managing director of Peninsula Business Services, established in 1983.
[1] In 1967, Done co-founded his own bookmaking business with his brother using money they received betting on the 1966-67 World Cup.
[6] In 1983 Done and his brother co-founded Professional Personnel and Management Services Limited after having to pay £9,000 to settle an employment tribunal.
[1] In 1989, after the business was failing leaving their £450,000 investment at risk, Done and his brother Fred tossed a coin to decide who would lead the company's turnaround, which Done won.
[3] The business didn’t find success until Done identified its potential and decided to focus his abilities and time on it.
[5] In May 2012, Peninsula Business Services acquired a 65% share of Employsure, an Australian advising firm specialising in industrial relations, which was registered as a company in 2011.
[3] It claims to be the UK’s largest provider of employment law, human resource, health & safety, and employee assistance program consultancy services.
The company headquarters is the Peninsula Building in Manchester and it employs over 3,500 people worldwide, working in five countries.
They once donated one day’s worth of Betfred profits to the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital during the Cheltenham festival.
We hope that this impressive donation will help Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital Charity significantly.”[11] Done and the Peninsula Group reached their £2 million fundraising target at the end of 2022 and vowed to help the hospital further with an addition £1 million pledge in 2023.