May 16, 2022
Find out how a £30,000 business growth grant helped Enterprise Made Simple open a new digital education centre and specialist training venue. Middlesbrough-based training and development company, Enterprise Made Simple, accessed a £30,000 business growth grant to create a new digital education centre and specialist training venue. Now delivering training across the globe, the funding […]
May 27, 2022
A £10,000 Start-up Grant Gets Nellie’s Pancake House Off to a Flipping Good Start. Just over a year since launch – and a global pandemic to contend with – Nellie’s Pancake House in Guisborough is already planning its second venue. We caught up with Founder and Director, Joanne Richardson, to find out how start-up support […]
June 08, 2022
Darlington Plastic Recycling Plant Does the Double with Tees Valley Business Growth Fund. Meet NYPC The recycling of post-consumer plastics is key to addressing waste, disposal, and environmental issues across the globe. Companies like North Yorkshire Polymer Compounds in Darlington are playing a key role in helping to tackle these issues. NYPC convert PVC plastic […]
October 07, 2021
A £10,000 Start-up Grant Turns Business Plans into a virtual reality for The Gaming Hideaway. The Gaming Hideaway Virtual reality and gaming centre, The Gaming Hideaway, is a first for Stockton-on-Tees and a first for the North East, bringing together educational learning opportunities and family fun in one unique venue. Based in Thornaby, The Gaming […]
July 29, 2022
Helping Saltburn-based construction company access skills development and training for its new team Operating right across the North East and Yorkshire from its base near Saltburn, Woodsmith Construction offers end-to-end delivery of construction projects, specialising in residential, commercial and public sector developments. When the business launched in early 2021, Managing Director Gary Wood immediately recognised […]
March 29, 2022
Supporting one local charity to access skills development opportunities for its team of volunteers. Based on Brunswick Street in Stockton, FRADE – or Furniture Reclamation and Delivery Enterprise – is a local re-use charity and a source of affordable furniture. The charity’s three core aims are to reduce poverty by selling affordable, good quality donated […]
May 31, 2022
£20,000 growth grant helps Hartlepool mark Platinum Jubilee with new digital technology! Hartlepool based Artistic Solutions accessed £20,000 through the Tees Valley Business Growth Fund to purchase new screen technology needed to help drive the business forward, just in time to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee! We spoke to Technical Manager, Daniel Brobbel, to find out more. […]
March 11, 2022
Skills for Growth support helped Louise diversify and grow following the Pandemic. When the Coronavirus pandemic hit Louise quickly realised that her business, Louise Goult Textiles, needed to diversify to generate a new income stream. Having previously relied on face-to-face workshops and footfall to her base at Articentric in Saltburn, Louise introduced a new e-commerce website enabling […]
April 05, 2022
When Render Alarms couldn’t find the apprenticeship standard they needed locally, Skills for Growth worked to get the training introduced in the Tees Valley. Preparing for the future with Skills for Growth Middlesbrough-based Render Alarms put their people at the very heart of their service. The firm, which has been operating for more than 30 […]
December 12, 2022
A successful family firm has urged others to look into grant support after reaping the benefits of new machinery and energy efficient equipment. ERW Joinery started up as a small business in Grangetown in 1979 before it grew into supplying both trades and homes with windows and doors, and manufacturing and installing wood windows and […]
October 01, 2021
Start-up support helps hospitality lecturer practice what she teaches with new community café. The Scene Deli Hospitality lecturer, Molook Shaher, accessed start up business support through Tees Valley Business to open the doors to The Scene Deli in Stockton. We caught up with her to find out how she is providing opportunities for her students […]
July 05, 2022
Tees Valley Business Growth Fund supports architectural services company to build for the future. Darlington-based architectural practice, Wardman Brown, needed a cash injection to help pay for the new equipment needed to take on another member of staff to its growing team. We caught up with Director, Lee Wardman, to find out how a grant […]