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Success Stories

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From community finance to bank funding: Translate Culture

When Masibu Manima launched Translate Culture, it started as a small agency with big ambitions, and a need for the right... Read more

Image of The Gut Stuff founders, Lisa Macfarlane and Alana Macfarlane Kempner

From gut instinct to business growth

When twin sisters Lisa Macfarlane and Alana Macfarlane Kempner launched The Gut Stuff, it started with a simple idea: ma... Read more

Brendon and Jaydon, Lumberjaxe

Dragon-backed sauce firm gets stocked in Aldi with £100k

When Aldi wanted to stock Jaydon's and Brendon's sauces, there was only one problem: they needed working capital to fulf... Read more

Lyndsay Watterson

Worldwide sales for Lyndsay's walking sticks

Lyndsay launched Neo Walk in 2013, offering hand-made walking sticks with bespoke designs, sizes, colours, straps and ha... Read more

sarahWithPet

How Sarah spread cost of vet bills and washer repairs

Sarah*, 38 is a shift worker in a fulfilment warehouse. Read more

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All 4 Pets | Providing natural nutrition for healthy pets

All 4 Pets, founded by Martin Hall and Tracy Hall, specialises in natural nutrition for healthy pets and supplies qualit... Read more

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Barley Café | A pathway to employment for Prestwich residents

Prestwich's Barley Café offers users of local substance misuse centres and people recovering from addiction a pathway in... Read more

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GMP Compliance | One of the top 10 pharmaceutical consultancies in the UK

Hull-based GMP Compliance, launched just 5 years ago with a team of two, has grown to over £3m turnover and created jobs... Read more

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Harry Specters | Chocolate business on a mission to give confidence to young people with autism

Ely-based multiple-award-winning deluxe chocolate business, Harry Specters, has a mission to offer confidence and hope t... Read more