Success Stories

The Business Gateway Growth Hub can support you and your business, no matter your size or sector. Watch this video to find out how we have helped business owners across Leicestershire and view some of the individual stories below.

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Bond Street Distillery has international ambition

Three months after starting Bond Street Distillery, owner Sally Faulkner was faced with a global pandemic. She reached out to the Business Gateway for support and was helped through one-to-one mentoring, workshops and webinars on media marketing as well...

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Hearing centre boss listens to business advice

The UK is the worse nation for looking after their hearing – 47% have never had a hearing test while the global average is 31%. A fact entrepreneur and audiologist Samantha Bennett is acutely aware of having helped the...

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From frozen food truck to £5m business hub – with more still to come

Ocean King is expanding from its modest 5,000 square foot base to a new £5m state-of-the-art business hub – but there’s more still to come. “We’ve worked really hard for this, and we’re not done yet,” explains Steven Thai,...

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Linda Sandeman Contemporary Jewellery

Linda Sandeman has a workshop in Belgrave Hall in Leicester. She is a jewellery designer and also runs workshops. In this short video, Linda talks about her business and how workshops from the Business Gateway have helped her understand...

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Manufacturer fast-tracks expansion with help of Business Gateway Growth Hub

Creating jobs and improving efficiency was always part of the plan for Micro Weighing Solutions (MWS). And the Leicester-based firm turned ideas into outcomes with help from the LLEP Business Gateway Growth Hub. Support meant that MWS secured funding for a...

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Cleaning pad business just scratching the surface when it comes to growth

Twelve months ago Harry Green, decided it was time to sell his cleaning pad business in Leicester. After all, he was 95, maybe it was time to close the business! However, neighbours Priyesh, Amit and Niraj Mandalia, inspired by...

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Modern day rag and bone business thrives despite the worst of times

Leicester based, Industrial Wiper Company, collects unwanted second-hand clothing and fabric and creates cleaning wipers that are used across a variety of industries from food to janitorial services. Despite a turbulent year facing many market disruptions, as well as...

Rapid Growth for Lockwood Salads

Breaking through the traditional images of farmers and farming, comes a modern day, family-run salad-growing business based in Hinckley, Leicestershire. With the use of new technology, practices that protect the natural environment and a passion for healthy, high-quality food,...

Lightbulb moments lead to growth for West HR

Many agree that the Covid-19 pandemic has changed various aspects of life including the way we learn. For Melton Mowbray-based West HR, online learning had already started to feature within their training delivery. However, the pandemic has also led to...

Recovery grant helps IT business serve more customers

A forced office move and reduced revenues due to the global pandemic meant Ashby de la Zouch-based business IT support provider UKBITS, faced an uncertain future last year. However, with the benefits to the environment caused by the lockdown coming...

All female team of chemists stick to strategy for greener growth

The Leicester-based team has created an A2 fire-rated greener adhesive and been supported by the Growth Hub and was featured on LeicestershireLive this week. An all-female team of chemists has developed a safer and greener material that can be...

Grant enables Translink Express Logistics to go green

Distribution and warehousing business, Translink Express Logistics is well on its way to becoming a greener business after introducing real-time track and trace service for palletized goods. The Narborough-based business has used a Business Gateway Growth Hub grant to...

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