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.

If you are a small business owner that needs help to grow get in touch today.

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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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Round Corner Brewing, the business that ‘can’

Melton Mowbray based Round Corner Brewing is set to double its output this year thanks to a grant from the Business Gateway Growth Hub and its ability to adapt the production of its world-class craft beers during the Covid-19...

Koi Sports is match fit for future growth

For many businesses 2020 was possibly a year they would rather forget. Leicester-based community interest company, Koi Sports CIC, used the time to reflect, plan for future growth and take advantage of the free support available from the Business...

Innovative tutoring business, Spark Academy guided by Business Gateway

Established by ex-science teacher and award winner Mital Thanki in 2009, Spark Academy has come a long way over the last few months since lockdown began. With the help and support of a Business Gateway Growth Hub adviser, Spark Academy has...

Grant provides £19k boost for KJN Automation

Precision engineering business KJN Automation, based in Peckleton, Leicestershire is the first company to secure a Business Growth Grant from the Business Gateway Growth Hub. This investment will enable it to become the UK’s first sole distributor of a lighter,...

Growth Hub support helps Sophia to achieve independence

Sometimes while going about our normal routines people start to formulate what could become a great business idea. That’s what happened to Occupational Therapist, Sophia Dickinson. Her business Home Independence Occupational Therapy Ltd was created in 2019 offering personalised...

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