Category: Case Studies

After a period of family illness and her own ill-health, which had left the whole family at a very low point financially, Jane wanted to start again and rebuild her career and her family’s circumstances. She… Continue reading

Ely-based multiple-award-winning deluxe chocolate business, Harry Specters, has a mission to offer confidence and hope to young people with autism by providing employment and free training. It has already provided training and work experience to 183… Continue reading

An award-winning Sheffield business, IMovesDance UK Ltd (which trades as imoves), is taking leaps and bounds towards its mission to get kids moving in schools across the country, after securing funding to develop a unique range… Continue reading

A Worcester-based business specialising in call answering and virtual PA services for SMEs has doubled its turnover after securing funding from the Worcestershire Business Loan Fund, which included a £50,000 loan from recycled Regional Growth Fund… Continue reading

A keen skateboarder and champion BMX rider since his youth, Gavin Pardoe was working as a fire station watch officer when he received an Aspire Award for community engagement with young people.  Bringing these two interests… Continue reading

Brian Donnelly is a serial entrepreneur with a special interest in developing software solutions to business problems.  “My other half is a CFO (Chief Finance Officer),” he says, “and she drew my attention to the challenges… Continue reading

Actors Corinne Robinson and Georgina Egan established Ego Performance in 2006.  Initially their aim was to bring intergenerational theatre to Coventry, as there wasn’t much of it on offer at the time.  They started as volunteers… Continue reading

Essentially Yours was founded in 1999, with the aim of manufacturing small batch skin care products, to ensure quality and freshness, free from petrochemicals.  Based on sound academic research and development, the idea was to make… Continue reading